Title: The Role of On-line Facilitators: Types of Collaborative Skills for Effective E-learning Activities
Abstract: Learning is an active process of acquiring knowledge and skills that humans perform quite naturally, but not all learners are equally capable of effective and efficient learning on their own. Indeed, most will benefit from some level of guidance and support. Collaborative learning encourage discussion among learners and support learners to develop critical thinking skills. It is not, however, guaranteed that such high quality discourse will occur between learners, especially in a computer supported environment. Therefore, this research seeks to identify and examine the role of online facilitators in motivating learners to share and exchange knowledge during computer supported collaborative tasks. This study, based on socio-cultural methods of discourse analysis describes the type of collaborative skills practiced by instructors and peers (who are both considered online facilitators) during computer-mediated communication.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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