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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: 9781605666525|ISBN10: 1605666521|EISBN13: 9781605666532
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-652-5.ch034
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Gomez, Elizabeth Avery, et al. "Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning." E-Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Ned Kock, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 425-439. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-652-5.ch034

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Gomez, E. A., Wu, D., Passerini, K., & Bieber, M. (2009). Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning. In N. Kock (Ed.), E-Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 425-439). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-652-5.ch034

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Gomez, Elizabeth Avery, et al. "Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning." In E-Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Ned Kock, 425-439. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-652-5.ch034

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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 arti-cle 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 per-ceived 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 mem-bers’ 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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