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SOCRATES
2008
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iVideo - Interactive Videos as an Instrument for E-Learning and Knowledge Construction
As a multitude of studies has already revealed, illustrations can be profitably used to convey knowledge. While the importance of videos continues to increase on the internet, we ...
Franz Lehner, Christian Roßnagel
SOCRATES
2008
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Open Source LMS and Web 2.0 for Supplementary Teaching: An Experience
The aim of the present paper is to discuss the achievements and the drawbacks of the integration of LMS (learning management systems) with the cooperative tools of the Web 2.0 thr...
Elisa Spadavecchia
SOCRATES
2008
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Open Education and Virtual Communities: an Experience
In Fall 2007, Utah State University professor David Wiley held a course about Open Education. That time Dr Wiley's course was followed by an unusual group of students. The Fa...
Antonio Fini, Andreas Robert Formiconi, Alessandro...
SOCRATES
2008
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Argument Elaboration during Structured and Unstructured Dyadic Chat Discussion in Secondary School
This study aims to investigate whether structuring an interaction supports students' elaborative argumentation. The study compares the quality of secondary school students�...
Timo Salminen, Miika Marttunen, Leena Laurinen
SOCRATES
2008
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From Daily Language to Scientific Jargon: The Role of Peer Interaction in Web Forum
The paper presents the activities and the results of the "Child Observation in school context workshop", an on line course realized during the last academic years at Mac...
P. Nicolini, T. Lapucci
SOCRATES
2008
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A Web-based Learning Tool for applied Mathematics Disciplines
Recently, many efforts have been devoted to the implementation of web based learning tools, that have found widespread diffusion in high schools, graduate and undergraduate univer...
Francesco Giannino, Mario Rosario Guarracino, Vale...
SOCRATES
2008
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Supporting Learners Collaborative Knowledge Construction by External Representations
External representations can be powerful to support learners' collaborative knowledge construction. They can focus learners on aspects which are particularly important for th...
Bernhard Ertl, Birgitta Kopp, Heinz Mandl
SOCRATES
2008
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Collaborative Strategies in On Line Communities of In-Service Teachers
The present paper analyzes a learning experience run at University of Macerata, during a post degree course for in service teachers and mature students. The course was delivered e...
Lorella Giannandrea, Teresa Magnaterra
SOCRATES
2008
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OVIDE-project: Methods of using Online Video in Teacher Education
In the Ovide project, a Socrates/Minerva project granted by the European Union, ten universities from eight European countries work together to examine current pedagogy of online ...
Gilbert Ducos, Petri Vuorinen, Pieter Vroegop