Groupwork activities in synchronous online classroom spaces

Bower, Matt

doi:10.1145/1227310.1227345

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“…Although collaborative activities are easier to implement face to face, the benefits of working collaboratively with peers extend to distributed environments when supported by collaborative tools [20]. In a virtual classroom environment, Bower [85] found that peer review, program modification, and debugging tasks resulted in a high degree of engagement and interaction among peers. The creation of programs was also effective, but more sensitive to the task design and ability of the students.…”

Section: Collaborationmentioning

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Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Luxton-Reilly

Simón

Albluwi

et al. 2018

Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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As computing becomes a mainstream discipline embedded in the school curriculum and acts as an enabler for an increasing range of academic disciplines in higher education, the literature on introductory programming is growing. Although there have been several reviews that focus on specific aspects of introductory programming, there has been no broad overview of the literature exploring recent trends across the breadth of introductory programming.This paper is the report of an ITiCSE working group that conducted a systematic review in order to gain an overview of the introductory programming literature. Partitioning the literature into papers addressing the student, teaching, the curriculum, and assessment, we explore trends, highlight advances in knowledge over the past 15 years, and indicate possible directions for future research.

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Section: Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Luxton-Reilly

Simón

Albluwi

et al. 2018

Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

348

127

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“…Hiltz (1988) emphasised collaborative learning in implementing her virtual classroom. The idea of deploying group work activities in synchronous online classroom spaces has been investigated by Bower (2007). Virtual classroom could also be manifested as shared 3D virtual worlds (Bailey & Moar, 2002).…”

Section: Virtual Classroommentioning

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The virtual classroom: A catalyst for institutional transformation

Subramaniam

Kandasamy

2011

AJET

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This study explores the use of the virtual classroom which has been created in myVLE, a learning management system used by the Open University Malaysia (OUM). The virtual classroom in myVLE is an asynchronous-based online learning environment that delivers course materials to learners and provides collaboration and interaction using an asynchronous-based forum as the main platform to support the learners' independent study. It also provides a learning environment with learning tools, learning materials, opportunities for contextual and collaborative discussions, and individual learning and assessment. OUM uses this virtual classroom to deliver the subject Object-Oriented Programming (CS1) and in this paper the impact of this delivery system is explored. The study aimed to elicit students' perceptions of the virtual classroom, based on their learning experiences, how well it supported their selfmanaged learning, and their personal preference for this compared with face to face interactions. Findings obtained using a questionnaire indicated moderate responses (average value for the items was between 2.0 to 3.6 on a five point Likert scale) for the use of the virtual classroom, and some possible reasons for this are discussed in this paper.

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“…Stage 2 (Socialisation) encourages the establishment of online identity by finding others with whom to interact without task-based concern. These initial stages provide opportunity to practice the use of environmental tools and is time well invested, as indeed Bower (2007) reports the success of group work may be affected by the level of virtual classroom competencies (that is, the effectiveness with which tools are used to collaborate). In contrast, Stage 3 has focus on the cooperative exchange of information with regard to a task.…”

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A Virtual World Environment for Group Work

Brown

Hobbs

Gordon

2008

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies

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This article seeks to show that a virtual world can provide a useful addition in the use of computer-mediated learning tools. We discuss the underlying educational context and link this to the properties of virtual worlds and, in particular, that of Second Life. We report on the progress of a project for developing group work that seeks to link affordances in the environment to learning outcomes and employs a socially situated, constructivist, pedagogical framework. We found that a virtual world environment can enable autonomous, differentiated learning through the use of suitably structured tasks, and postulate that an individual’s depth of engagement with the environment may be linked to the learning style.

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Groupwork activities in synchronous online classroom spaces

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

Introductory programming: a systematic literature review

The virtual classroom: A catalyst for institutional transformation

A Virtual World Environment for Group Work

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