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Designing online conversations to engage local practice: A framework for the mutual development of tacit and explicit knowledge
Alyssa Friend Wise
Designing online conversations to engage local@practice: A framework for the mutual development of tacit and explicit@knowledge (2007) pp. 1–215
Conversation has long been recognized as a core vehicle for learning. In recent years, evolving web technologies have opened the door for learning conversations distributed across time and space and led to a new generation of web applications that...
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Developing Structural-Temporal Visualizations of Asynchronous Threaded Online Learning Conversations
Alyssa Wise; Poornima Padmanabhan
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 3253–3261
This paper focuses on understanding participation and interactivity patterns in asynchronous threaded online learning conversations (ATOLCs). We argue that traditional visual diagramming techniques used to analyze ATOLCs focus on structural...
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"Starburst": A New Graphical Interface to Support Purposeful Attention to Others' Posts in Online Discussions
Farshid Marbouti; Alyssa Friend Wise
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 1 (2016) pp. 87–113
Online discussions offer exciting potential for educational dialogue, but too often result in disjointed conversations with low levels of interactivity. One contributing cause is the traditional text-based interface, which presents posts in a long...
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Exploring Situational Factors Shaping Access in a Laptop Program for Socially Disadvantaged Children in India: A Case Study
Poornima Padmanabhan; Alyssa Friend Wise
Educational Media International Vol. 49, No. 2 (2012) pp. 81–95
Low-cost laptop programs attempt to address gaps in access to computers in developing countries. However, the translation of computing access from intention to actuality is mediated by many situational factors. This research presents a case study of ...
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Learning communities in the crowd: Characteristics of content related interactions and social relationships in MOOC discussion forums
Alyssa Friend Wise; Yi Cui
Computers & Education Vol. 122, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 221–242
This mixed method study used social network analysis (SNA) and inductive qualitative analysis to compare social relationships and the underlying interactions they represent in discussions related and unrelated to the learning of course content in a...
Language: English
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Comparing the Functions of Different Assigned Student Roles in Online Conversations
Alyssa Wise; Marzieh Saghafian; Poornima Padmanabhan
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2034–2042
This study aims to extend our understanding of how different assigned student roles function in asynchronous online conversations. While assigning students roles is a popular technique, what roles are assigned and what specific responsibilities they ...
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Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Knowledge Construction in a Role-Based Online Discussion
Alyssa Friend Wise; Ming Ming Chiu
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 6, No. 3 (September 2011) pp. 445–470
This paper introduces an approach to analyzing temporal patterns of knowledge construction (KC) in online discussions, including consequences of role assignments. The paper illustrates the power of this approach for illuminating collaborative...
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Towards More Precise Design Guidance: Specifying and Testing the Functions of Assigned Student Roles in Online Discussions
Alyssa Friend Wise; Marzieh Saghafian; Poornima Padmanabhan
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 60, No. 1 (February 2012) pp. 55–82
While assigning student roles is a popular technique in online discussions, roles and the responsibilities allocated to them have not been consistently assigned. This makes it difficult to compare implementations and generate principled guidance for ...
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Visions of CSCL: Eight Provocations for the Future of the Field
Alyssa Friend Wise; Baruch B. Schwarz
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 12, No. 4 (2017) pp. 423–467
The field of Computer Supported Computer Learning (CSCL) is at a critical moment in its development. Internally we face issues of fragmentation and questions about what progress is being made. Externally the rise of social media and a variety of...
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The Effects of Teacher Social Presence on Student Satisfaction, Engagement, and Learning
Alyssa Wise; Juyu Chang; Thomas Duffy; Rodrigol Del Valle
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2004) pp. 247–271
This research experimentally manipulated the social presence cues in instructor's messages to students. The context was an online professional development one-credit course with one-to-one mentoring of students. Additionally, student learning...
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Connecting Online Learners with Diverse Local Practices: The Design of Effective Common Reference Points for Conversation
Alyssa Friend Wise; Poornima Padmanabhan; Thomas M. Duffy
Distance Education Vol. 30, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 317–338
This mixed-methods study probed the effectiveness of three kinds of objects (video, theory, metaphor) as common reference points for conversations between online learners (student teachers). Individuals' degree of detail-focus was examined as a...
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Attending to Others' Posts in Asynchronous Discussions: Learners' Online "Listening" and Its Relationship to Speaking
Alyssa Friend Wise; Simone Nicole Hausknecht; Yuting Zhao
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (June 2014) pp. 185–209
Theoretical models of collaborative learning through online discussions presuppose that students generally attend to others' posts. However, a succession of studies over the last decade has shown this assumption to be unwarranted. Instead,...
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Developing Learning Analytics Design Knowledge in the “Middle Space”: The Student Tuning Model and Align Design Framework for Learning Analytics Use
Alyssa Wise; Jovita Vytasek; Simone Hausknecht; Yuting Zhao
Online Learning Journal Vol. 20, No. 2 (May 26, 2016)
This paper addresses a relatively unexplored area in the field of learning analytics: how analytics are taken up and used as part of teaching and learning processes. Initial steps are taken towards developing design knowledge for this “middle space,\...
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Mining for gold: Identifying content-related MOOC discussion threads across domains through linguistic modeling
Alyssa Friend Wise; Yi Cui; WanQi Jin; Jovita Vytasek
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 32, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 11–28
This study addresses overload and chaos in MOOC discussion forums by developing a model to categorize threads based on whether or not they are substantially related to course content. A linguistic model was built based on manually coded starting...
Language: English
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Broadening the Notion of Participation in Online Discussions: Examining Patterns in Learners' Online Listening Behaviors
Alyssa Friend Wise; Jennifer Speer; Farshid Marbouti; Ying-Ting Hsiao
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 41, No. 2 (March 2013) pp. 323–343
While a great deal of research has studied the messages students contribute to electronic discussion forums, productive participation in online learning conversations requires more than just making posts. One important pre-condition for productive...
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A Survey of Factors Contributing to Learners' "Listening" Behaviors in Asynchronous Online Discussions
Alyssa Friend Wise; Farshid Marbouti; Ying-Ting Hsiao; Simone Hausknecht
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 47, No. 4 (2012) pp. 461–480
Sixty-seven undergraduates taking either a Blended Business Course (BBC) or an Online Education Course (OEC) were surveyed about factors influencing their "listening" behaviors in asynchronous online course discussions. These are the ways they...
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Developing Learning Analytics Design Knowledge in the "Middle Space": The Student Tuning Model and Align Design Framework for Learning Analytics Use
Alyssa Friend Wise; Jovita Maria Vytasek; Simone Hausknecht; Yuting Zhao
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 20, No. 2 (2016) pp. 155–182
This paper addresses a relatively unexplored area in the field of learning analytics: how analytics are taken up and used as part of teaching and learning processes. Initial steps are taken towards developing design knowledge for this "middle...
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Microanalytic case studies of individual participation patterns in an asynchronous online discussion in an undergraduate blended course
Alyssa Friend Wise; Nishan Perera; Ying-Ting Hsiao; Jennifer Speer; Farshid Marbouti
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 108–117
This study presents three case studies of students' participation patterns in an online discussion to address the gap in our current understanding of how
Language: English
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Online Facilitation in Online MBA Courses
Xiaojing Liu; Seung-hee Lee; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard Magjuka; Kyong-Jee Kim; Shijuan Liu; Mengyu Zhang; Bude Su; Min Shi; Alyssa Wise; Minyoung Doo
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2020–2025
The purpose of this study is to understand the practice of facilitating online MBA courses at a Midwestern university which has already established a highly successful traditional MBA program. The study explores the impact of online facilitation as ...
Topics: Social Studies
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Online Facilitation and Motivation in Online MBA Courses
Kyong-Jee Kim; Xiaojing Lu; Seung-hee Lee; Curtis J. Bonk; Richard J. Magjuka; Shijuan Liu; Mengyu Zhai; Bude Su; Alyssa Wise
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
Online teaching and learning is making a significant impact on the fabric of higher education. In particular, online MBA programs have seen a rapid rise in student enrollments in recent years while the student enrollments in traditional in-residence ...