Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Thinking and Learning外文

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1、EvaluationofAttitudesTowardsThinkingandLearninginaCALLWebsitethroughCMCParticipationAndrewLaghosCentreforHCIDesign,CityUniversityLondon,EC1V0HBTel:+44(0)2070408994Fax:+44(0)2070408859Email:dr847@soi.city.ac.ukPanayiotisZaphirisCentreforHCIDesign,CityUniversit

2、yLondon,EC1V0HBTel:+44(0)2070408168Fax:+44(0)2070408859Email:zaphiri@soi.city.ac.ukEvaluationofAttitudesTowardsThinkingandLearninginaCALLWebsitethroughCMCParticipationABSTRACTComputer-Mediated-Communication(CMC)isfastbecomingabigpartofourdailylives.Moreandmor

3、epeopleareincreasinglyusingthecomputertocommunicateandinteractwitheachother.Theinternetanditsadvantagesofconnectivity,enableCMCtobeusedfromaplethoraofapplications.MostcommonusesofCMCincludeemailcommunication,discussionforumsaswellasrealtimechatroomsandaudio/v

4、ideoconferencing.Bycommunicatingthroughcomputersandovertheinternet,onlinecommunitiesemerge.DiscussionboardsandotherCMCapplicationsofferahugeamountofinformationandtheanalysisofthisdataassistsinunderstandingtheseonlinecommunitiesandthesocialnetworksthatformarou

5、ndthem.TherehavebeenvariousframeworksbydifferentresearchersaimedatanalyzingCMC.Thischapter’smainobjectiveistoprovideanoverviewofthemodelsandframeworksavailablethatarebeingusedforanalyzingCMCine-Learningenvironments.Thesignificanceoftheproposedpresentationisth

6、atitaimstoprovidethereaderwithup-to-dateinformationregardingthesemethods.AdvantagesanddisadvantagesofeachoftheCMCanalysismethodsarepresentedandsuggestionsforfutureresearchdirectionsaremade.Finally,thesesuggestionsareappliedtoacharacteristicscenarioine-Learnin

7、g.INTRODUCTIONThefocusofthisstudyistointroducethereadertotheconceptofComputer-MediatedCommunication(CMC)andOnlineCommunities.Furthermore,wediscussthevarioustypesofCMCanalysisthatcantakeplace.Thepurposeofeachframeworkisdescribedalongwithitsstrengthsandweakness

8、es.ThepaperbeginswithaliteraturereviewofCMCandOnlineCommunities,andcontinueswiththeevaluationoftheexistingframeworkswherewedrawconclusionsbasedontheadventofnewtechnologiesandplatformsthat