An examination of factors impacting use and valuing of learner-learner interaction in distance education

Constance A. Lowe

An examination of factors impacting use and @?valuing of learner@-learner@interaction in distance@education (2003) pp. 1–168

A survey of 98 upper-division and graduate students explored relationships between their perceptions of four factors, (1) the culture of the discipline in which the course was offered; (2) the degree to which the knowledge domain on which the course ...

Critical Analysis of Models and Methods Used To Evaluate Online Learning Networks

Charlotte Gunawardena; Kayleigh Carabajal; Constance A. Lowe

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2001 (April 2001)

This paper describes and analyzes the models and methods used to evaluate asynchronous online learning networks and presents a "Systems Component Contexture Model" for conceptualizing the evaluation of online learning networks. The evaluation team...

Analysis of a Global Online Debate and the Development of an Interaction Analysis Model for Examining Social Construction of Knowledge in Computer Conferencing

Charlotte N. Gunawardena; Constance A. Lowe; Terry Anderson

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 17, No. 4 (1997) pp. 397–431

Looks for appropriate interaction analysis/content analysis techniques that assist in examining the negotiation of meaning and coconstruction of knowledge in collaborative learning environments facilitated by computer conferencing. Reviews strengths ...

Designing Satellite Instruction for Elementary Students: Importance of the Classroom Teacher

Charlotte N. Gunawardena; Constance A. Lowe; William Gregory Murrell; Rebecca H. Zittle; Frank Zittle; Patricia Boverie

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 6, No. 2 (2000) pp. 107–122

The United States Department of Education Star Schools grant program funds innovative projects applying distance technology in education. One such grant resulting in the de-velopment of two instructional programs for elementary grades, Elementary...

Topics: Educational Technology, Instructional Materials, Distance Education, Elementary Education, Schools