The Benefits and Limitations of Online Group Work in a Teacher Education Program

Autor/inn/en	An, Heejung; Kim, Sangkyung
Titel	The Benefits and Limitations of Online Group Work in a Teacher Education Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 17 (2009) 2, S.2465-2472 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-7069
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Graduate Students; Scheduling; Teacher Education Programs; Group Activities; Masters Programs; Cooperative Learning; Metacognition; Grading; Online Courses; Computer Uses in Education; Student Teacher Attitudes; Computer Mediated Communication; Conflict; Individual Differences; Adjustment (to Environment) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Disposition; Gruppenaktivität; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Kooperatives Lernen; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Notengebung; Schulnote; Online course; Online-Kurs; Computernutzung; Computerkonferenz; Konflikt; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	This study examined the benefits and difficulties that graduate student teachers perceived while participating in online collaborative group activities during their first year of a masters program. Overall, it was discovered that the three most prominent perceived learning outcomes involved 1) the teachers' recognition of the value of a supportive learning community, 2) the teachers' belief that such practices could develop their metacognitive knowledge, and 3) the teachers' new understanding of the constructive use of online communication tools. Difficulties encountered while attempting to achieve these online collaborative tasks were found to involve 1) cognitive conflicts, 2) individual differences, 3) difficulties adapting to a nondifferentiated grading system, 4) time-zone scheduling problems and 5) the unique challenges caused by not being able to communicate face-to-face. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10