Vanessa P. Dennen
Vanessa P. Dennen is an Associate Professor of Instructional Systems at Florida State University. She earned a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. Her research investigates the nexus of cognitive, motivational, and social elements in computer-mediated communication, concentrating on two major issues: learner participation in online activities, and interactions, norm development, and informal learning within online communities of practice. Vanessa’s publications, which have been well cited, have appeared in Instructional Science; Distance Education; Computers in Human Behavior; The Handbook of Distance Education; The Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology; and The International Handbook of Collaborative Learning among others. Additionally, she recently co-edited (with Stefan Hrastinski) a special issue of The Internet and Higher Education on Social Media in Higher Education.
Publications
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Yujin Park.
© 2021. 18 pages.
Personal learning networks (PLNs) are a form of informal professional development in which teachers build and maintain connections to other educators and learning professionals...
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Jonathan Michael Spector.
© 2017. 14 pages.
New technologies are changing how best to support and facilitate learning in primary and secondary education. Many of these new technologies are available through the Internet...
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Jonathan Michael Spector.
© 2016. 14 pages.
New technologies are changing how best to support and facilitate learning in primary and secondary education. Many of these new technologies are available through the Internet...
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Wenting Jiang.
© 2014. 15 pages.
Social media provides professional organizations with a new means of distributing information and perhaps even facilitating learning among their members. This study compares...
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Jennifer B. Myers.
© 2012. 364 pages.
People are increasingly engaged in profession-related learning via social networks supported by Web 2.0 tools. Some of these informal online learners are already actively engaged...
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Vanessa P. Dennen, Kerry J. Burner.
© 2009. 7 pages.
As online learning has matured, it has increasingly used Web-based technologies to support communication and interactions among participants (e.g. students, instructors, and...
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