Engagement and knowledge sharing in a virtual learning community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 639–646

The notion of knowledge sharing in virtual learning communities is critical but hardly researched. This paper identifies the process involved in sharing knowledge and the types of knowledge sharing objects that are exchanged in virtual learning...

Topics: Learning Objects, Community

Researching Social Capital in Video Mediated Virtual Communities: Problems and Prospects – The State of Affairs

Nancy Poon; Ben Daniel

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2315–2324

The meaning of interaction in virtual learning communities can be difficult to understand let alone reconstruct conceptually. For instance, capturing perspectives of participants and making inferences which are both valid and meaningful poses many...

iMETHOD AND LEARNING ANALYTICS RESEARCH DESIGN FOR PEDAGOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF RESEARCH METHODS COURSES

Ben Kei Daniel

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 769–777

Research Methodology is an essential subject in postgraduate education Universities offer research methods courses to postgraduate students to enable them effectively undertake research leading to the award of higher degrees Despite the significance ...

Topics: research, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

A Consideration of Learning Processes in Virtual Learning Communities

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2494–2499

How do we understand and support learning in virtual learning communities? The main goal of this research was to take the first steps toward instantiating a model describing the fundamental processes of learning in virtual communities. We...

Analysis of Interactions Patterns in Video-Mediated Virtual Communities to Model Social Capital

Ben Daniel; Nancy Poon

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 683–688

Communication incorporating text based chat rooms with aural and webcam technologies are becoming a powerful means of supporting interactions in different virtual communities and distributed teams. The goal here is to understand interaction patterns ...

Topics: Video, Interaction

Engineering Methodology for Educational Webware Development

Ben Kei Daniel

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 871–873

This paper proposes a methodology for the development of educational software on the World Wide Web (WWW) referred to as a "Webware". The methodology emanates from principles commonly found in software development. What can be different in the...

Topics: Software, Instructional Design, Educational Technology

Stakeholders Analysis as a Research Methodology: Implications for Development of a Distributed Community of Practice for Health Research and Innovation

Ben Daniel; Beth Horsburgh

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2500–2505

There is a continuous requirement to understand complex human diseases. Recently, the need for a rising awareness in understanding a pandemic such as H1N1, and its preventative measures will most likely lie within many disciplines. The coalescing of ...

The Learning Objects' Approach: Challenges and Opportunities

Permanand Mohan; Ben Daniel

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2512–2520

Over the last five years, there has been tremendous interest worldwide in online learning materials known as "learning objects", coupled with several large-scale international developments such as e-learning standards and specifications for...

Topics: Learning Objects

iMethod: A Web-based Environment for Harvesting and Visualisation of Learning Analytics on Research Methodology

Ben Kei Daniel

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 618–621

For many years, Research Methodology has occupied a central role in postgraduate education, with courses taught at all levels of postgraduate programmes. Despite its rapid development, postgraduate students face a considerable challenges in learning ...

Topics: distributed learning environments, WWW-based Course-Support Systems, WWW-based Course Sites & Learning Resources

Access to Digital Learning Materials and Student Lecture Attendance Patterns

Ben Kei Daniel; Rebecca Bird

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 611–617

This paper reports on research aimed at understanding how providing students with lecture materials enhance learning experience. We focused on how lecture materials released to students prior to lectures influence class attendance. We surveyed a...

Topics: WWW-based Course-Support Systems, improving classroom teaching, distributed learning environments

Factors Influencing Response Rates in Online Student Evaluation Systems: A Systematic Review Approach

Samuel Asare; Ben Kei Daniel

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 537–541

Students’ feedback on teaching activities significantly contributes to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning Conventionally students evaluate teaching activities through paper based systems, where they fill out and return paper...

Topics: research, Evaluation, Policy Issues

The Dynamic Landscape of Higher Education: The Role of Big Data and Analytics

Hamidreza Mahroeian; Ben Kei Daniel

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 1320–1325

Over the years, a number of institutions have systematically deployed new technologies to support learning and teaching. Lately, institutions have begun to explore new forms of data in order to understand and effectively address its systemic...

Topics: SIG: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching

The Dynamic Landscape of Higher Education: The Role of Big Data and Analytics

Hamidreza Mahroeian; Ben Kei Daniel

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 287–297

Over the years, a number of institutions have systematically deployed new technologies to support learning and teaching. Lately, institutions have begun to explore new forms of data in order to understand and effectively address its systemic...

Factors Influencing Response Rates in Online Student Evaluation Systems: A Systematic Review Approach

Samuel Asare; Ben Kei Daniel

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018) pp. 133–144

Students’ feedback on teaching activities significantly contributes to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning. Conventionally students evaluate teaching activities through paper based systems, where they fill out and return paper...

Intentional and Incidental Discourse Variables in a Virtual Learning Community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Heather Ross

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1953–1965

Learning in virtual learning communities is receiving considerable attention in current literature. Research on virtual learning communities focuses on building, supporting and sustaining virtual learning communities. Despite growing research into...

Blended Learning Approach for Technology Enhanced Learning Environment

Ben Daniel; Kathleen Matheos; Gordon McCalla

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1840–1845

There is an increasing interest in the notion of blended learning as an effective approach for enhancing learning in higher education and the corporate sector. Despite this growing interest, little empirical work is available to support the...

Topics: Computer Sciences

Synthesis of the Process of Learning through Discourse in a Formal Virtual Learning Community

Ben K. Daniel; Richard A. Schwier; Heather M. Ross

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 18, No. 4 (October 2007) pp. 461–477

This article reports on the analysis of online discussions among graduate students studying the theoretical and philosophical foundations of educational technology, with the aim of understanding the process of learning through discourse in these...

Topics: Research Methods, Virtual Environments, Information Communication Technologies, Collaboration, Communication, Computers, Community

Participant Engagement in a Non-Formal, Self-Directed and Blended Learning Environment

Richard Schwier; Dirk Morrison; Ben Daniel; Jaymie Koroluk

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1948–1956

Novice professors representing seven disciplines participated in a year-long course on teaching in higher education that featured online self-directed learning opportunities and regular face-to-face group meetings. This study examined how...

Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Gordon McCalla; Gordon McCalla

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 29, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2003)

Abstract. Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal communities, neighbourhoods and groups. In particular,...