This research examines two different kinds of feedback-mechanism to scaffold problem solving as well as interaction in computer-mediated seminars. An automated feedback mechanism has been used to enhance interaction and group wellbeing during computer supported collaborative learning. We tracked individual contribution behaviour as well as learners’ motivation during collaborative problemsolvin...

BACKGROUND Supporting preceptors is critical to the expansion of experiential learning opportunities for the pharmacy profession. Informal learning opportunities within communities of practitioners are important for hospital preceptors. However, such communities may be limited by geographic separation of preceptors from peers, faculty members, and supports within the pharmacy services departmen...

Second or foreign language (L2) learners’ development of interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence to understand and properly interpret utterances under certain social and cultural circumstances plays a pivotal role in the achievement of communicative competence. The current study was designed to explore the effects of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) and asynchronous com...

This study investigated the effectiveness of explicit pragmatic instruction on the acquisition of requests by college-level English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Taiwan. The goal was to determine first whether the use of explicit pragmatic instruction had a positive effect on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence. Second, the relative effectiveness of presenting pragmatics through two deli...

How feedback is understood and enacted has shifted from the traditional practice of providing individual on summative tasks at key points to a more ongoing series dialogues between teacher students during teaching period. This paper reports experiences designing faster through weekly dialogic loops enhance students’ personal connection their learning while teachers with faster, actionable data ...

This paper presents a theoretical derivation and computer simulation of an optimal speed controller for a brushless dc motor using feedback from a linear model running in parallel with the inverter-fed model. The intent of the feedback from the linear model is to eliminate torque ripples from the inverter drive. A nonlinear model of such a motor, transformed into a linear model by a local diphe...