Exploring Students' Learning Experience in an International Online Research Seminar in the Synchronous Cyber Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Teng, Daniel Chia-En; Chen, Nian-Shing; Kinshuk; Leo, Tommaso
Titel	Exploring Students' Learning Experience in an International Online Research Seminar in the Synchronous Cyber Classroom
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 58 (2012) 3, S.918-930 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2011.10.018
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Seminars; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Learning Experience; International Education; Doctoral Programs; Research; Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Blended Learning; Web Based Instruction; College Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Processes; Computer Mediated Communication; Synchronous Communication; Virtual Classrooms; Canada; Italy; New Zealand; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Seminar; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lernerfahrung; Internationale Erziehung; Doktorandenprogramm; Forschung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Web Based Training; Hochschullehre; Unterrichtserfolg; Learning process; Lernprozess; Computerkonferenz; Kanada; Italien; Neuseeland
Abstract	The development of computer-mediated communication enables teaching and learning to take place across geographical boundaries. An online synchronous learning environment with cyber face-to-face features affords students the sense of learning together online. This study reports a novel design of organizing a 16-week seminar for doctoral students across Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and Taiwan in the Synchronous Cyber Classroom, an online synchronous learning environment. Students' learning experiences were explored from the perspective of students' interactions with students, instructors, and the content, based on which the perception of being in a learning community was formed. This article reports how this international online research seminar was organized, how students' learning experience was analyzed, and what we learned about students' learning in this international online research seminar. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10