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While browsing the Internet we may find various types of educational sites, but not all of them could be addressed as an environment hosting a learning community. In this article we would deal with both terms in order to show their educational...

Computer mediated communication (CMC), a central feature of cyberspace, is also a key resource for the creation of innovative technology-based educational environments. However, the real significance of these environments for education is still...

Emergent-collaboration is the process by which group configurations and transactional patterns evolve among participants during the course of learning. This study focused on the integration of a Web shell for supporting emergent-collaboration...

This article attempts to investigate the social and educational potential of the Multi User Dimension Object Oriented (MOO) environment, with emphasis on the educational MOO. This is accomplished through a close examination of the profile of MOO...

This study aims to explore whether different learning assignments by their defining characteristics (e.g., the demand for either analysis or reflection, the explicit or implicit demand for discussion) foster the evolvement of collaborative dialogs...

Since students are increasingly reading from screen in both language and content courses, there is an increased need for an understanding of the viability of digital reading on various size screens, the strategies used to cope with digital text, and ...