The Collaborative Language Learning Attributes of Cyber Face-to-Face Interaction: The Perspectives of the Learner

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Yuping; Chen, Nian-Shing
Titel	The Collaborative Language Learning Attributes of Cyber Face-to-Face Interaction: The Perspectives of the Learner
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 20 (2012) 4, S.311-330 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494821003769081
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Video Technology; Interaction; Constructivism (Learning); Visual Aids; Cooperative Learning; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Translation; Chinese; Multimedia Instruction; Computer System Design; College Students; Student Attitudes; Computer Mediated Communication; Synchronous Communication; Integrated Learning Systems; Online Courses; Web Based Instruction; Videoconferencing; Student Surveys; Instructional Effectiveness; Australia; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interaktion; Anschauungsmaterial; Kooperatives Lernen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; China; Chinesen; Multimediales Lernen; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Computerkonferenz; Online course; Online-Kurs; Web Based Training; Schülerbefragung; Unterrichtserfolg; Australien
Abstract	This article examines the degrees of collaborative language learning that were supported in cyber face-to-face interaction. The concept of "cyber face-to-face" is used here to encapsulate the kind of environment in which a combination of real-time oral/aural, visual, and text-based interaction happens simultaneously via the various features in an advanced Synchronous Learning Management System (SLMS). The study discusses the results of an evaluation of the five features, namely, the interactive whiteboard, the text chat, the group cyber face-to-face classrooms, the audio, and the video, in an SLMS called 3C. Thirty-three students from an online Chinese/English interpreting course participated in this study. Survey data indicate that collaborative learning can be effectively facilitated in a cyber face-to-face environment, although the degrees of collaboration vary among the five features evaluated. Recommendations for maximizing the collaborative learning potentials of a cyber face-to-face environment are also put forward. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10