Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences
Virtual courses create a self-directed learning environment for students. Given that online environments provide anonymity so that the emphasis is on the content, rather than on the form of the message or the identity of the sender (Herring, 1993) this study assesses students’ personal usages in an...
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| description | Virtual courses create a self-directed learning environment for students. Given that online environments provide anonymity so that the emphasis is on the content, rather than on the form of the message or the identity of the sender (Herring, 1993) this study assesses students’ personal usages in an online collaboration across several states and semesters. In examining the student and instructor perspective, the findings are significant in that, students engage in reflective work employing academic quality discussions across varying institution types from community colleges to public and private universities and that their discussions occur without gender or question type biases. Semester-end surveys confirm that an asynchronous e-learning collaboration enhanced their educational experience and they belonged to a global community of learners. This study adds its significant findings about the growth of online discussions promoting and enhancing the experience of e-learners and collaborative endeavors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77f1fb460fdd45cd8624d3f1bfac99962022-12-22T01:49:08ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162018-10-0118310.14434/josotl.v18i3.22318Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiencesAnita Chadha0Univeristy of Houston, DowntownVirtual courses create a self-directed learning environment for students. Given that online environments provide anonymity so that the emphasis is on the content, rather than on the form of the message or the identity of the sender (Herring, 1993) this study assesses students’ personal usages in an online collaboration across several states and semesters. In examining the student and instructor perspective, the findings are significant in that, students engage in reflective work employing academic quality discussions across varying institution types from community colleges to public and private universities and that their discussions occur without gender or question type biases. Semester-end surveys confirm that an asynchronous e-learning collaboration enhanced their educational experience and they belonged to a global community of learners. This study adds its significant findings about the growth of online discussions promoting and enhancing the experience of e-learners and collaborative endeavors.https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/22318E-learningonline education. Online collaborationsAsynchronous discussionsOnline diversityGlobal collaborations |
| spellingShingle | Anita Chadha Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning E-learning online education. Online collaborations Asynchronous discussions Online diversity Global collaborations |
| title | Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences |
| title_full | Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences |
| title_fullStr | Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences |
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| title_short | Virtual Classrooms: Analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences |
| title_sort | virtual classrooms analyzing student and instructor collaborative experiences |
| topic | E-learning online education. Online collaborations Asynchronous discussions Online diversity Global collaborations |
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