Developing collaborative learning practices in an online language course
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Article Title | Developing collaborative learning practices in an online language course |
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ERA Journal ID | 40077 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Chang, Heejin (Author) and Windeatt, Scott (Author) |
Journal Title | Computer Assisted Language Learning: an international journal |
Journal Citation | 29 (8), pp. 1271-1286 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0958-8221 |
1744-3210 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2016.1274331 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09588221.2016.1274331 |
Abstract | There is much evidence to support the occurrence of learning in connection with collaboration, both in face-to-face and online teaching situations. There is much less research, however, on how such collaboration develops over the duration of a course. Using Dillenbourg’s concepts of situation, interactions, mechanisms and effects as a framework, the current study aims to fill that gap by following a group of 47 university students participating in a 15-week online English course for low- to mid-intermediate learners. Data gathered included participants’ reflective journals, questionnaires, written assignments, e-mails, web-board messages, and comments. These were analysed using open, axial, and selective coding. Three different forms of collaboration were identified - reading each other’s work, providing feedback, and working in groups. The main points to emerge from the study were the importance of the social aspect of collaboration, of allowing time for collaboration to develop, and effect of the gradual development of confidence among the participants. Patterns of collaboration which were evident at the start of the course changed as the group developed a sense of community and mutual trust, with students who initially held back from offering their work for comment gradually posting their work early to encourage feedback from others. |
Keywords | collaborative learning, e-learning, social interaction, reading collaboration |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390108. LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
470401. Applied linguistics and educational linguistics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. Second place winner for the USQ School-Specific 2016 Publication Excellence Awards for Journal Articles - School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education. |
Byline Affiliations | Open Access College |
Newcastle University, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3v51/developing-collaborative-learning-practices-in-an-online-language-course
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