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James Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

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Assessing Social Ability in Online Learning Environments
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR) 17:2 , April 2006

James Laffey & Guan Yu Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Yimei Lin, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Education is a social practice and the ability to interact socially is important to social cognitive learning and social learning. Online education is frequently criticized because it lacks social interaction, a sense of social engagement, and the...

Technology and Urban, Elementary School Reform
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 1999:1 , 1999

Linda Espinosa, Dale Musser & James M. Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

The Panel on Educational Technology of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) summarized its findings about the state of technology in K-12 education as follows: "During a period in which technology has fundamentally ...

A Web-Based Interactive Shared Journal System
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet (WEBNET) 1999:1 , 1999

James Laffey, Thomas Tupper & Dale Musser, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

The Web-Based Interactive Shared Journal System (WISJS) is a tool that was created at the Center for Technology Innovations in Education to facilitate learning from field experiences by providing students with the capability of creating media rich ...

A Web-Based Homework Notification System
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet (WEBNET) 1999:1 , 1999

James Laffey, Dana Huyler & Dale Musser, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Mary Laffey & Judy Trujillo, Oakland Junior High School, USA

The Homework Notifier (HN) is a web-based system to facilitate communication and collaboration among the key parties about an important work effort of school, homework. HN is a prototype system designed and implemented in a test-bed school ...

The Shadow netWorkspace
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2001:1 , 2001

Dale Musser & James Laffey, CTIE, Univ. of Missouri, USA

The Shadow netWorkspace™ (SNS) is a web-based work, collaboration and learning environment designed to improve education by opening classroom and schoolhouse doors to advanced information and communication services of the Internet. It is called ...

Effects of Different Activity Types and Time on Online Social Presence
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2004:1 , 2004

Guan-Yu Lin & James M. Laffey, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA

Abstract: the purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the effect of two different types of collaborative activity and time spent in group work on perceived social presence of students. Additionally the study investigated the...

Shadow netWorkspace: A Project Report on an Open Source, Intranet for Learning Communities
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004:1 , 2004

Dale Musser, James Laffey & Linda Espinosa, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Abstract: Shadow netWorkspace (SNS) is a web application system that allows a school or any type of community to establish an intranet with network workspaces for all members and groups. The goal of SNS has been to make it easy for schools and other ...

The Usability test of an Online Learning Environment
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003:1 , 2003

Jiye Ai & James Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Abstract: Shadow netWorkspace™(SNS) is an online learning environment that includes a personal workspace for managing files and a group workspace and communication tools for collaborative activity. With many functions and a variety of contexts...

Open Source and the Diffusion of Teacher Education Software
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2001:1 , 2001

Herbert Remidez, James Laffey & Dale Musser, Univ. of Missouri - Columbia, USA

Three recent reports, one from the U.S. government and two from European Union related groups, indicate that the open-source software development model is gaining worldwide acceptance. This model provides a means for teacher educators to create...

Exploring the Relationship Between Mediating Tools and Student Perception of Interdependence in a CSCL Environment
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR) 17:4 , October 2006

Yi-Mei Lin, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan; James Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

This study investigated how different tools differentially mediate the way groups interact and how the differential tool use and interactivity influence interdependence in online collaborative activity. Activity Theory is used as a framework to...

Social Nature of Online Learning in Sakai
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2006:1 , June 2006

Social Computing Research Group, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Xinxin Huang, Christiana Kumalasari, Piyanan Nuankhieo, Demei Shen, Bosung Kim, I-Chun Tsai, Pei-Ju Liu, Paul Turner, Chris Amelung, David Reid & James Laffey, School of Information Science & Learning Technologie, USA

This study explored the social nature of online learning in a computer management system (CMS). Based on Wenger's (1998) social theory of learning and an awareness framework for online collaborative learning proposed by Carroll et al, (2003), a four-...

Cues and Mechanisms for Improving the Social Nature of Online Learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2007:1 , Jun 25, 2007

James Laffey, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Christopher Amelung, Yale University, USA

Online learning is becoming a pervasive part of higher education. However, while online learning plays a powerful role in broadening access within and beyond campus sites, there is a growing concern that it may diminish the social nature of teaching ...

Effects of Cooperation Scripts and Technology on Social Ability
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2007:1 , Jun 25, 2007

Guan Yu Lin & James M. Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Kristin A. Buss, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Using an experimental mixed design, the study examined the effects of using a cooperation script on social ability for technology and face-to-face forms of group learning. College students worked in face-to-face environments and computer- mediated...

A Context Awareness System for Online Learning: Design Based Research
International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) 8:3 , July 2009

James Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Chris Amelung, Yale University, USA; Sean Goggins, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

A design based research strategy examining the impressions and behavior of members of courses taught entirely online is used for refining a context-aware activity notification system (CANS). The findings show that CANS must address substantial...

Relationships Between Self-Regulation and Social Experiences in Asynchronous Online Learning Environments
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR) 21:3 , July 2010

Moon-Heum Cho, Kent State University - Stark, USA; Shen Demei & James Laffey, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which students’ self-regulated learning predicts peer social presence, instructor social presence, sense of connectedness, and sense of learning in asynchronous online learning environments....

Using Activity Theory to Examine Social Interaction of Online Learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2010:1 , Jun 29, 2010

I-Chun Tsai, University of Akron, Ohio, USA; Krista Galyen, Xiaolin Xie & James Laffey, University of Missouri, USA

This study aims to build new knowledge about students’ social interaction during online learning using the joint perspective of activity theory and social ability. Based upon the joint framework of activity theory and social ability, a set of serial ...

The relationship between learning satisfaction and social ability in completely online learning courses
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2010:1 , Jun 29, 2010

Krista Galyen, University of Missouri, USA; I-Chun Tsai, University of Akron, USA; James Laffey, University of Missouri, USA

The relationship between learning satisfaction and social ability factors were explored using multivariate analysis of variance among 83 students in completely online learning courses. Results indicate that those with higher learning satisfaction...

Social Ability in Completely Online Groups: A comparison with and without activity awareness tools
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2010:1 , Jun 29, 2010

Krista Galyen, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; Sean Goggins, Drexel University, USA; James Laffey, University of Missouri, USA

Two completely online collaborative learning courses measured social ability at the beginning and end of the course. Course 1 had context-aware activity notification tools implemented; Course 2 did not. Course 2 demonstrated a significant decrease...

Exploring the Relationships between Learning Activities and Social Experience in Online Learning Environments
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2010:1 , Oct 18, 2010

Xiaolin Xie & Yemin Huang, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA; Sean Goggins, Drexel University, USA; James Laffey, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA

We explore two interrelated constructs that explicate students’ social experience in online learning. First, we compare levels of learning activity across levels of social ability scores. Second, we explore the relationships between individual...

Activity Notification: Enhancing the Social Nature of Online Learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2011:1 , Jun 27, 2011

James Laffey, David Reid, Ran-Young Hong, Krista Galyen, Xiaolin Xie & Douglas Kueker, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, USA

This paper is a Systems & Resources report of an ongoing design research project to both develop an activity notification system and to build new knowledge about how certain types and representations of social information influence the social nature ...

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