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Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning

Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning

Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781605662381|ISBN10: 1605662380|EISBN13: 9781605662398
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-238-1.ch013
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Gomez, Elizabeth Avery, et al. "Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning." Solutions and Innovations in Web-Based Technologies for Augmented Learning: Improved Platforms, Tools, and Applications, edited by Nikos Karacapilidis, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 218-232. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-238-1.ch013

APA

Gomez, E. A., Wu, D., Passerini, K., & Bieber, M. (2009). Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning. In N. Karacapilidis (Ed.), Solutions and Innovations in Web-Based Technologies for Augmented Learning: Improved Platforms, Tools, and Applications (pp. 218-232). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-238-1.ch013

Chicago

Gomez, Elizabeth Avery, et al. "Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning." In Solutions and Innovations in Web-Based Technologies for Augmented Learning: Improved Platforms, Tools, and Applications, edited by Nikos Karacapilidis, 218-232. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-238-1.ch013

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Abstract

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-to-face classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This paper presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team-based learning. The authors utilized pedagogical approaches grounded in collaborative learning techniques, such as team-based learning, and extended these techniques to a web-based environment through the use of computer-mediated communications tools (discussion web-boards). This approach was examined through field studies in the course of two semesters at a US public technological university. The findings indicate that the perceptions of team learning experience such as perceived motivation, enjoyment and learning in such a web-based CMC environment are higher than in traditional face-to-face courses. In addition, our results show that perceived team members’ contributions impact individual learning experiences. Overall, Web-based CMC tools are found to effectively facilitate team interactions and achieve higher-level learning.

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