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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Online space"”.
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Constructing a family tree in an online space as an act of digital curation: an auto-hermeneutics study
… or social media platforms (Dallas, 2016). Online genealogy, in which a genealogist is using a digital platform to construct a family tree and search for source documents, is an example of the pragmatic approach to digital curation. In this study I investigate genealogy through the lens of …
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Spontaneously produced metacognitive language and achievement in two STEM college courses: An exploratory analysis
… in self-regulated learning (SRL). However, the online setting brings a new challenge of examining metacognition on a large scale and yet metacognition may be especially crucial for learning online. Moreover, SRL strategies may be particularly beneficial for students underrepresented in STEM …
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Distributed denial of service actions and the challenge of civil disobedience on the Internet
… activism. DDOS actions have been used in online political activism since the early 1990s, though the tactic has recently attracted significant public attention with the actions of Anonymous and Operation Payback in December 2010. Guiding this work is the overarching question of how civil …
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Online Business Models For Social Media and Their Implementation Using Web 2.0
… structure can be described as a Web 2.0 online platform where people of similar interests can share their likes and dislikes, discuss any common topic, and communicate and share information with each other. Scribblesome provides online space to all of its registered members to create …
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SOCIAL MEDIA IN POST-SOVIET SPACE: SERVING TO AUTOCRACY OR SIMULATING DISSENT?
… determines either group's success in digital space. I define two dimensions along which autocrats and their rivals from the opposition might benefit from using social media: informational and mobilisation facets. In the first two articles of my paper-based dissertation, I concentrate on the …
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Preserving Roswell: The Voices of Historic Preservation in Roswell, Georgia
… historic preservation in Roswell, GAinto an online space. This was done by constructing a blog that provides readers with informativearticles about Roswell’s historic preservation efforts and invites them to participate bycontributing their own experiences with the city’s history. The …
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The Use of Racialized Preferential Language on Dating and Hookup Apps Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
… of racism and discrimination in the online space? To address this issue, 561 MSM were surveyed regarding their dating/hookup app use; awareness of as well as sensitivity and receptivity to racial diversity and gender equality; and acceptance of racialized partner discrimination. …
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Understanding player activity in a game-based virtual learning environment
… for creating a portrait of player actions in the online space. From this assessment of intentional designs compared to player activity, the study provides findings that focus on player behaviors and structural realities. Players tended to avoid opportunities to interact with learning content. They …
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Ethnicity Mediated: Identity Practices of Greek Diaspora on a Social Network Site
… practice their ethnicity and move between online and offline sites, countries, cultures and languages, I triangulate qualitative and quantitative data which emerge from various online and offline locations such as interviews, questionnaires, screen observation and fieldwork. Following the …
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#instaworthy presentations of place: a place study of experience among teenagers on Instagram
… to the exploration of place presentations and online representations of immersive place-based experiences by teenagers on Instagram. This study is curious to understand if students' from an international travel program, Rustic Pathways, presentations of place online are different or similar …
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Understanding Pedagogic Collaboration in the Online Environment
Online learning environments are being increasingly utilised in academic settings, with many universities developing online and blended programmes (Adekola, 2016). The student experience, in relation to working with others, when studying online, has been widely researched (Garrison et. al, 2000, …
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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AND EDUCATION IDENTITY BEYOND ASSIMILATION VESTIGES: A TEACHER’S LATINA IDENTITY IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
… ESL instruction, and finally create a communal (online) space where frustrations and concerns can be vetted by students and parents. Despite these challenges, the ESL instruction of Mrs. Gomez is showing that it is making a difference in the lives of ELs. I also discuss that efforts by a handful …
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Between pages, between spaces: queer(ing) community in online book clubs
When exploring online learning or online communities, literature describing the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, expansive) individuals are often different than cis-heterosexual individuals and that the differential could be based …
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EXAMINING THE GET YOURSELF TESTED CAMPAIGN: HOW ONLINE INFORMATION SEEKING AND SEXUAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS INFLUENCE EFFICACY AND COMMUNICATIVE ACTION
… of sexual health, sexual health campaigns, and online sexual health information through the lens of the GYT: Get Yourself Tested Campaign. A secondary purpose is to develop theory in the area of e-health. Finally, this study will offer practical recommendations to the CDC's Division of STD …
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Signifying the autobiographical memory on social media a semiotic analysis of food-themed imagery on Instagram
… digital communication. As people spend more time online, their interactions, behaviours, sense of self and self-representation are progressively shaped and influenced by their social media engagements and the social context in which online users and their digital interactions are embedded …
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A participatory action research investigation into an open, online Community Project exploring how teaching and learning occur in a non-institutional, non-specialist, technology enhanced learning environment
… Research (PAR) project begins by positing that online networks bring the possibility of meaning-making and knowledge creation developing outside institutions. The project has lasted for four years (and continues as a ‘live’ project) and this research covers the first 18 months of that period. …
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Public Space for the Privatised individual
The spaces of the of the future are ones that take the fourth plane of space making(digital) into account. This is built with a symbiotic relationship with the other three. Throughout history, the public spaces have been a medium to open utilities and tools that were meant only for the affluent. …
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Entanglements of media and space: an exploratory case study of two public arts projects in Johannesburg and Cape Town
… “necessarily explores the very meaning of public space” (Wacławek, 2011:65) and it “can become the central focus for a range of competing discourses related to that domain” (Clements, 2008:19). Furthermore, the concept of public space has changed since the “internet and related technologies have …