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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"online chat"”.
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Dynamics of online chat
Millions of people use online synchronous chat networks on a daily basis for work, play and education. Despite their widespread use, little is known about their user dynamics. For example, one does not know how many users are typically co-present and actively engaged in public interaction in the …
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Extensive Focus on Form, Text -Based Online Chat, and Second Language Learning
… of 321 FFEs as well as 112 EEs identified in the chatscripts of the role-play interactions. The posttests results indicated that the mean percentage of correct scores was 43.0% for the FFE-based test items and 17.9% for the EE-based ones, respectively. A chi-square test indicated that this …
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Speaking Thier Language: A Randomized Pilot Study of Synchronous Online Chat Groups for Young Adults with Cancer
… a standard psycho-educational model, using CancerChatCanada (CCC) synchronous online chat groups. Results: 34 AYAs in Alberta participated in the study and all feasibility targets were met. Participants rated the new AYA model more suitable and it appeared to improve important group processes and …
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How useful are bounded online chat rooms as a source of pastoral support in a sixth-form college?
Since the introduction of chat technology there has been resistance within education to fully engage with it partly due to policy making that has left teachers disempowered (UCLAN 2002:66). Unlike other innovative technologies, its use has been limited. Pastoral support has developed significantly …
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Health Educators as a Think Tank: Recommendations to Improve Health Care Reform Proposals and Potential Roles for the Profession
… was used to elicit their perceptions. Twelve online, chat room focus groups and two online, chat room interviews were held with CHES and MCHES certified health educators over a three-week period. Three overarching themes emerged from the data: prevention, health literacy, and a focus on larger …
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An Investigation of Digital Reference Interviews: A Dialogue Act Approach
… forms such as micro-blogging (e.g. Twitter), online chatting (e.g. digital reference) and community- based question-answering services (e.g. Yahoo! Answers) characterizes a recent trend in web technologies, often referred to as the social web. This trend highlights the importance of supporting …
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Students' Perspectives and Learning From a Cross-Cultural Online Course: The Influence of a Critical Pedagogical Approach
… about students' learning through cross-cultural online education. The participants were students involved in the course ""Teaching and Learning about Africa"" at the University of Illinois and the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Students were able to participate in their native country …
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Students' perspectives and learning from a cross-cultural online course: The influence of a critical pedagogical approach
… about students’ learning through cross-cultural online education. The participants were students involved in the course “Teaching and Learning about Africa” at the University of Illinois and the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Students were able to participate in their native country while …
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Emerging adults’ sibling relationships and inter-sibling communication : general communication patterns and chronemic expectation violation in a text-based interaction
… general communication patterns and observe their online interaction on a text-based real-time chat platform: A dyadic conversation about choosing a gift for a family member. Based on the self-report data from 147 undergraduate students, the current study explored how three dimensions of sibling …
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Young adults' sexual strategies and mating displays in the virtual world: an evolutionary perspective
… sexual strategies and mating displays in virtual chatrooms, and to test LHT-based predictions about those strategies and displays. Specifically, I tested the hypotheses that, in the chatrooms, individuals would adopt sexual strategies and mating displays reflective of their different life history …
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Myspace Or Ourspace: A Media System Dependency View Of Myspace
… particularly younger individuals, interact online underscores the changing nature of mass media. Media system dependency states that individuals become reliant on media in their daily life because of fundamental human goals. This reliance, termed a dependency, leads to repeated use. Media …
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Perceived distance and instructional design in online agriculture and life science courses
… which learners felt they were distant from their online course and describe relationships between online students’ perceived distance and factors of transactional distance (course structure, interactions, and learner autonomy).</p> <p>An online survey was disseminated to 271 students who enrolled …
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ESL students' perceptions of web-based prewriting activities /
… study was undertaken to explore collaborative online task-based activities for the instruction of ESL academic writing. Nine ESL students in their midtwenties, enrolled at a community college in Ontario, engaged in two separate online prewriting activities in both a synchronous and an …
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Effects of synchronous chat-based on-line cognitive behavior therapy on study related anxiety and behavior
… currently available about therapy conducted in chat-based Internet environments. Most of the existing research concerns therapy delivered via email or on-line support groups. For this reason, this review first presents an overview of literature concerning practical issues relevant to …