Online "Chat" Facilities as Pedagogic Tools

Autor/in	Kirkpatrick, Graeme
Titel	Online "Chat" Facilities as Pedagogic Tools
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education the Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 6 (2005) 2, S.145-159 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787405054239
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Computer Mediated Communication; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Internet; Electronic Mail; Virtual Classrooms; Discussion (Teaching Technique) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Computerkonferenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Elektronischer Briefkasten
Abstract	This article assesses the pedagogic value of the "chat" facility in the Blackboard integrated learning platform. It draws on a case study carried out by the author in the 2001-2 academic session. A level three class in research methods involved students in group working away from class and student feedback indicated that more support was needed to coordinate this independent work, without compromising its independent character. The "chat" facility seemed to hold out the possibility of enhancing conventional, class-based techniques for generating informal discussion between students and, more particularly, for the coordination of their activities between classes. The lecturer perceived the integration of the facility into delivery of the unit as highly problematic, however. The reasons for this are discussed and a number of explanations are considered. Possible solutions are put forward. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10