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Using web mining to discover learning patterns in course management systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Since E-learning in Course Management System (CMS) is a growing form for learning and teaching in higher education, it is key for us to identify and describe student behavior...
The effects of cooperation scripts and technology implementation on cooperative learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
-mediated environments on academic performance, affective and motivational outcomes, and social ability. The study also examined whether individual academic goal orientation interacted with cooperation scripts and technology implementation to impact outcome measurements...
Using collaborative filtering based recommendations to promote the social nature of online learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
course sites at a large Midwestern university. Leveraging the Tsai et al. (2008) framework for exploring the social nature of online learning, the REACTIR mechanism was designed to specifically impact the constructs of social ability, technology...
Understanding participation and its relationship with arthritis self-efficacy in a computer-supported community of practice for rheumatoid arthritis patients
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
) patients to learn self-management. The study also explored the relationship between participation and Arthritis self-efficacy (as one of the desirable learning outcomes). In addition, the study sought to understand knowledge co...
Technology use, cooperation, and organizational learning in patient safety reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Technology use, cooperation, and organizational learning are complex constructs that were often oversimplified and resulted in inconsistent findings in past studies. This study employed an innovative approach to building new knowledge about the use...
Understanding students' technology appropriation and learning perceptions in online learning environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
and satisfaction. For the purpose of advancing understanding of the roles of social and technological factors in a distance learning environment, this study proposed a unified theoretical model based upon four attitude-behavior models, the Theory of Reasoned Action...
A comparative study of the effects of instructional design-based scaffolding and management-based scaffolding on learning in online collaborative groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of scaffolding conditions in fully online collaborative groups on a performance outcome, social experiences, and interaction processes. To achieve this, a performance ...
The effects of computer-supported inquiry-based learning methods and peer interaction on learning stellar parallax
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The presented study examined the effects of computer-supported inquiry-based learning and peer interaction methods on effectiveness of learning the stellar parallax concept and was conducted among 199 non-science major students enrolled...
The formation of a community of practice in preservice teacher education : the interaction of the classroom environment and new communication technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
of community, communities of practice, teacher communities, online communities and in a sociocultural theory of technological change. The findings suggest that these preservice teachers began to form community during their years in the teacher development...
The social nature of an online community of practice for learning to teach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Taking advantage of Internet technology, an online community of practice, NETwork, was established to support a group of elementary science pre-service and in-service teachers...
The effects of visual programming on elementary school students' computational thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Computational thinking (CT) has been identified as a key skill that people need in the rapidly developing information age. The research community proposed that exposing CT...
A context-aware notification framework for developers of computer supported collaborative environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
notifications as actions occur and do not provide mechanisms for analyzing and providing notifications based on user preference or social context. A challenge facing developers of CSCE is to create a notification system for delivering awareness information based...
Impact of desktop virtual reality on system usability : a case study of online consumer survey using a VR integrated decision support system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
process within a VR system. The impact of desktop VR on system usability was empirically examined from an integrated view of technology acceptance in information systems and human-computer interaction. This research tested a model of the user...
Knowledge construction, social identity and social network structure in completely online groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Working, learning and informal information-seeking behavior is rapidly moving online. It will increasingly involve collaboration within small groups meeting online. While this process is being driven by technological innovation, the important socio...
A strategy to scaffold critical thinking during analysis of leadership cases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
scaffolding in the form of learning aids to support performance. Two groups of 45 mid-level Air Force officers performed analyses of three different cases dealing with leadership issues. One group used the case analysis strategy under investigation while...