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Towards a Structural Model for Variables in Online Cross-cultural Collaborative Learning Environments
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, , University of Leicester, United Kingdom

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Toronto, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-81-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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Blogs are increasingly used as an educational tool and becoming a critical component of many web-based learning environments. Based on our analytical review of the related literature and empirical data derived from a validation trial on an online cross-cultural collaborative learning setting in which 76 students and 10 facilitators were involved, we identified a host of inter-related variables (e.g., language, time management, social-cultural norms, and motivation) influencing participants' attitudes and behaviours. We applied mixed-method approaches such as social network analysis and content analysis scheme to a huge volume of blog messages created in the trial by the active students. We attempt to develop a structural model that depicts the complex relationships among the variables. Implications for future work (e.g. measurement model) are inferred

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Nguyen-Ngoc, A.V. & Law, E.L.C. (2010). Towards a Structural Model for Variables in Online Cross-cultural Collaborative Learning Environments. In J. Herrington & C. Montgomerie (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2010--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1545-1554). Toronto, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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