Computer conferencing: a contribution to self‐directed learning
作者:
Robin Mason,
期刊:
British Journal of Educational Technology
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 1
页码: 28-41
ISSN:0007-1013
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1988.tb00249.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis article describes computer conferencing in its educational context, particularly as a tool for encouraging greater autonomy in the learner. Conferencing experiments at the Open University with a large undergraduate course (1000–2000 students) are described, and guidelines proposed: the conferencing system must be integral to the course and related directly to an assessment, the facility must be easy to use and the conference moderator needs special skills to manage the conference. Various problems can arise, such as the non‐participant ‘lurker’ and the dominant personality. Ways in which conferencing can improve educational interaction are suggested. With an innovation as untested as conferencing, it is premature to expect definitive answers; rather this paper poses questions and identifies issues about the role of conferencing in education in the
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