Wow, Lorraine, this just came across on another list. I see School of Nursing here; I'm not sure whether you're already involved with or aware of
this initiative or not . . .
Marcy
STUDY ON REFLECTION AND ATTENTION IN COMPUTER CONFERENCING
In an continuing effort to understand the dynamics of learning online,
researchers from the School of Nursing, the Faculty of Medicine, and
the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of
Western Ontario <http://www.uwo.ca>, the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education at the University of Toronto
<http://www.oise.utoronto.ca>, and the Node undertook a study of
learners^Ò attention and the effects of reflection on that attention in
courses taught by computer
conferencing.
The objectives of the study, which was funded by the Office of
Learning Technologies <http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca>, were to
examine:
* changes in attention over time among graduate students taking
courses by computer conferencing
* changes in attention following reflective strategies intended to
restore attention
The qualitative data and participants^Ò observations and suggestions
should be of interest to educators engaged in classes with a computer
conferencing component.
The executive summary (in both English and French) is available on the
Node website at <http://thenode.org/networking/may2002/research.html>.
For further information, please contact the principal investigators,
Dr. Mary-Anne Andrusyszyn <[log in to unmask]> or Dr. Dawn Yankou
<[log in to unmask]>.
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