Title :
Virtual classroom discussions versus traditional classroom discussions
Author_Institution :
Nat. Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The author of this paper designs, develops, and teaches online courses. This paper examines the students´ constructive sociocultural interaction in which learning occurs. This paper compares the classroom discussions in virtual and traditional classrooms and analyses the virtual communication in greater detail according to their content.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; Internet; constructive sociocultural interaction; learning; online courses; traditional classrooms; virtual classroom discussions; virtual communication; Accreditation; Collaboration; Computer science education; Humans; Information analysis; Peace technology;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1509-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIE.2002.1185972
