Teacher participation in computer conferencing: socio-psychological dimensions

Mapping Interactions in a Computer Conferencing Environment

In this paper we discuss some preliminary findings from an evaluation on online interactions within a large population undergraduate computing course offered by the Open University (UK). The course uses asynchronous electronic conferencing to provide students at a distance with a collaborative learning environment. One type of online activity on the course is group working, which is of a practi...

Asynchronous Computer Conferencing in the MBA Classroom

Two asynchronous conferencing systems were used in subsequent years in a management skills course. These systems had comparable technological features but were not equally effective in supporting the course. This paper examines differences in the systems and their deployment that led to the success of one and the failure of the other. Data from student surveys show differences in user behaviors...

Socio-psychological simulation

Dimensions of Participation

Participatory design is a major orienting position in contemporary debates about design methods. In my own areas of research -human-computer interaction and computersupported co-operative work, it has transformed thinking about the role of users in the software development process. However, participatory design refers to a high-level feature of design methods that can be implemented in myriad w...

A Large-Scale Computer Conferencing System

This paper discusses the relationships between computer mediated communications and other forms of communication and describes a particular computer conferencing system in use within IBM. The system described is quite large, with over three thousand contributors and over twenty thousand readers. We discuss the structure of the system, the actions that users can take, and the ways in which the s...