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How the Internet Facilitates Learning as Dialog: Design Considerations for Online Discussions
David Hung; Seng Chee Tan; Der-Thanq Chen
International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2005)
Online learning through the Internet is seen to be pervasive in today's educational and corporate sectors. Online learning also promises all kinds of possibilities for learning and this paper makes an attempt to clarify some of these issues. Instead ...
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A Journey on Refining Rules for Online Discussion: Implications for the Design of Learning Management Systems
Der-thanq Chen; Yu-mei Wang; David Hung
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 157–173
Research on asynchronous online discussions has primarily focused on their efficacy in relation to learning outcomes. Rarely are there investigations on how the design of online learning activities or how discussions could be incorporated into...
Topics: Networking Technologies, eLearning, Internet, Instructional Design, Educational Technology
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A Proposed Framework for the Design of a CMC Learning Environment: Facilitating the Emergence of Authenticity
David Hung; Der-Thanq Chen
Educational Media International Vol. 40, No. 1 (2003) pp. 7–13
Proposes a framework for the design of computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments that combines constructivist learning environments (CLEs) and dynamic learning environments (DLEs). Highlights include learner involvement in the problem...
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The Reverse LPP Process for Nurturing a Community of Practice
David Hung; Der-Thanq Chen; Thiam Seng Koh
Educational Media International Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 299–314
In this article we suggest a facilitating process for nurturing a community of practice (CoP). This process can be seen as a reverse LPP (legitimate peripheral participation) process where a community starts with a group of core members and...
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Leveraging Para-Communities in Fostering Adaptive Schools: Towards Adaptive Organizations
David Hung; Der Thanq Chen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3777–3779
In the paper, we discuss problems related to traditional hierarchical organizations and argue that adaptability is important for organizations to survive in the 21st century. Expanding on Bransford’s (1999) notion of adaptive expert, we propose a...
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Rules for Online Argumentation and Discussion: A Work in progress Report
Der-Thanq Victor Chen; David Hung
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2212–2215
This paper describes and discusses the Project ROAD - Rules for Online Argumentation and Discussion. The paper in particular discusses the mediating importance of rules to be well established for online discussions with the complementary emphasis of ...
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Towards a Community Incubator: The ICAP Design Framework for Social Constructivist Educational Designers
Der Thanq "Victor" Chen; David Hung
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2338–2347
This paper highlights the often-mentioned mismatch between the more social constructivistic oriented pedagogy and the traditional instructional design model. Such a framework is important as a design process relevant to the work of CSCL. Any...
Topics: Community, Instructional Design
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Context-Process Authenticity in Learning: Implications for Identity Enculturation and Boundary Crossing
David Hung; Der-Thanq Victor Chen
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 55, No. 2 (April 2007) pp. 147–167
This paper posits that authenticity is an aspect of both the context and the process of learning. These two aspects cannot be seen in isolation and must be analyzed as one unity. We refer to this coupling relationship as the context-process...
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Leveraging Online Communities in Fostering Adaptive Schools
David Hung; Kenneth Y. T. Lim; Der-Thanq Victor Chen; Thiam Seng Koh
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 373–386
There has long been a call for schools to prepare students for the twenty-first century where skills and dispositions differ significantly from much of what has historically characterized formal education. The knowledge based economy calls for...