Synchronous Symmetrical Support: A Naturalistic Study of Live Online Peer-to-Peer Learning via Software Videoconferencing

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Peter; Castaneda, Linda; Quick, Kevin; Linney, Jon
Titel	Synchronous Symmetrical Support: A Naturalistic Study of Live Online Peer-to-Peer Learning via Software Videoconferencing
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 17 (2009) 2, S.119-134 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
Schlagwörter	Synchronous Communication; Teleconferencing; Video Technology; Longitudinal Studies; Peer Groups; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Computer Mediated Communication; Distance Education; Animation; Questionnaires; Interviews; Participant Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekonferenz; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Computerkonferenz; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This paper reports on a naturalistic study of peer-to-peer learning, in a live, online video meeting context. Over a six-month period a group of international students of animation attended 99 live, online "study group" events amounting to around 120 hours of live "broadcast meeting time". Some meetings were very large, with up to 34 participants, but the average participation was 10 students. These events were entirely self-organised, policed and managed by the student community. Some students emerged as natural mentors, and the group exhibited substantial supportive, mutually facilitative roles. This longitudinal study examines the impact of simple, live videoconferencing in an online peer learning context. The study also provides a formal measure of how learners can provide "symmetrical" support for each other in a live non-formal context, even without a formal scaffold of lectures and seminars. (Contains 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10