Understanding Social Nature of an Online Community of Practice for Learning to Teach

I-Chun Tsai

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 2 (2012) pp. 271–285

This study is aimed to explore the social nature of membership in an online community of practice (NETwork, Nurturing Elementary Teachers' work) whose purpose is to support pre-service and in-service teachers with a collaborative virtual space for...

Levels and Patterns of Participation and Social Interaction in an Online Learning Community for Learning to Teach

I-Chun Tsai

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 22, No. 2 (2011) pp. 191–239

This study investigates how pre-service and in-service teachers participate in an online community for learning to teach. Members’ levels and patterns of participation and social interaction were examined via social network analysis of activity logs ...

Topics: Community, Distance Education, Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, eLearning, Human Computer Interaction

Learning Experience with Artificial Intelligent (AI) in K-12: A Case Study of A Middle School AI Exploration Day

I-Chun Tsai; Kristin Dages

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 878–886

To collaborate with a middle school at Northeast Ohio, the purposes of this study are to explore 1) the changes of students’ awareness of AI technologies in real-life experience, understanding of knowledge and skills needed for developing AI...

Topics: Instructional Design, STEM Innovation, Generative AI

Teachers’ Needs of an Online Learning Community Assisting Professional Development

I-Chun Tsai; Ching-Hua Wu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2455–2460

Abstract. This study is a needs assessment of exploring teachers' needs in an online learning community that assists teachers' observational skills training. A qualitative study was conducted in 2004. The findings indicated teachers really need...

How an Online Teacher Community Supports Teachers' Professional Development: eTRAIN Online Teacher Community

I-Chun Tsai; Shelley Waltonen-Moore

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1473–1479

This paper is aimed to understand how online learning community of practice supports teachers’ professional development, especially how pre-service teachers benefit from the interaction with other teaching professionals in the online learning...

Using Video-based Conferencing to Enhance an Online Community of Teaching Practice: Best Practices for e-Moderators

Shelley Waltonen Moore; I-Chun Tsai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2347–2352

Abstract: This paper reports the preliminary findings of a study conducted on undergraduate pre-service teachers enrolled in an online learning community provided with asynchronous and synchronous technologies to support their professional...

The relationship between learning satisfaction and social ability in completely online learning courses

Krista Galyen; I-Chun Tsai; James Laffey

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1941–1947

The relationship between learning satisfaction and social ability factors were explored using multivariate analysis of variance among 83 students in completely online learning courses. Results indicate that those with higher learning satisfaction...

Applying Case Study in Preparing to Teach Online Courses in the Higher Education

I-Chun Tsai; Ching-Hua Wu; Hsun-Fung Kao

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2180–2185

Online courses are increasing rapidly in the higher education. The faculty who are used to teaching in traditional face-to-face classes might not know how to prepare the material of online courses and solve online students' problems. Kashy,...

Topics: Teaching Methods

Course Management Systems V.S. Online Instructors’ Needs

Demei Shen; I-Chun Tsai; Ching-Hua Wu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2389–2393

Abstract. Online education has become an increasingly pervasive modality in university instruction and learning. Much research has been done on the review of the course management systems, such as Blackboard and WebCT, also much has been done on the ...

Using Activity Theory to Examine Social Interaction of Online Learning

I-Chun Tsai; Krista Galyen; Xiaolin Xie; James Laffey

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1202–1211

This study aims to build new knowledge about students’ social interaction during online learning using the joint perspective of activity theory and social ability. Based upon the joint framework of activity theory and social ability, a set of serial ...

Effectiveness of an Online Community of Practice for Learning to Teach Elementary Science

I-Chun Tsai; James M. Laffey; Deborah Hanuscin

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 2 (2010) pp. 225–258

The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers participate in and benefit from an online community of practice (NETwork) for learning to teach. Dependent-samples t-tests were employed to examine the significant differences of members'...

Supports of Group Awareness for Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaboration

I-Chun Tsai; Piyanan Nuankhieo; Ching-Hua Wu; Yi-Wen Chang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2449–2454

Abstract: Dourish and Bellotti (1992) defined awareness as "an understanding of the activities of others, which provides context for your own activity." Knowing who is around, what is happening, and how the things are going is critical in...

Building a Model Explaining the Social Nature of Online Learning

I-Chun Tsai; Bosung Kim; Pei-Ju Liu; Sean P. Goggins; Christiana Kumalasari; James M. Laffey

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 3 (2008) pp. 198–215

Based on a framework emphasizing the social nature of learning, this research examines a model of how social constructs affect satisfaction within online learning using path analysis for students in higher education. The social constructs evaluated...

Exploring the Effects of Web-Mediated Socially-Shared Regulation of Learning and Experience-Based Learning on Improving Students' Learning

Chia-Wen Tsai; Pei-Di Shen; I-Chun Chiang; Wen-Yu Chen; Yi-Fen Chen

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 26, No. 6 (2018) pp. 815–826

The application of online learning and educational technologies in higher education has changed teaching methods, the channels of delivering learning materials, and modes of communication between teachers and students. This study is aimed to improve ...

Exploring the relationships between students' academic motivation and social ability in online learning environments

Chia-Chi Yang; I-Chun Tsai; Bosung Kim; Moon-Heum Cho; James M. Laffey

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 9, No. 4 (2006) pp. 277–286

This research explicates the construct of social ability and describes the relationship between students' academic motivation and social ability in online learning environments. Findings reveal perceived peers social presence, perceived written...

Language: English

Social Nature of Online Learning in Sakai

Social Computing Research Group; Xinxin Huang; Christiana Kumalasari; Piyanan Nuankhieo; Demei Shen; Bosung Kim; I-Chun Tsai; Pei-Ju Liu; Paul Turner; Chris Amelung; David Reid; James Laffey

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 613–620

This study explored the social nature of online learning in a computer management system (CMS). Based on Wenger's (1998) social theory of learning and an awareness framework for online collaborative learning proposed by Carroll et al, (2003), a four-...

Topics: Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Computer Sciences, Learning Management Systems, Social Studies