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Parzhetskaya, L. (Lyana). "Enhancing collaborative learning by means of collaborative serious games:providing requirements to collaborative serious games’ design." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201409201877.
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The current study is a theoretical overview which aim is to define collaborative serious games, identify the problems arising in using and implementation of these games in learning and education and search of ways of improvement of the collaborative process by means of providing the requirements to collaborative serious games’ design. The study makes connections among the following concepts: collaboration, gaming and technology and shows how they can be combined into a one study in order to improve the collaborative process of students and to provide a new solution to the pedagogical problems the modern teachers can face in their teaching practice (e.g. students’ motivation, engagement in learning, self-regulation, developing of argumentation skills, ability to work collaboratively and etc.).
The body of the thesis consists of three main parts that provides the basic ideas of serious games, computer-supported collaborative learning and collaborative game-based learning and answering the research questions of the study: ‘What are the benefits of using serious games in education and what are the “pros” and “cons” of using serious games as a technological tool?’, ‘What is collaboration in teaching-learning process and how collaboration can be supported by means of technology?’, ‘What are the main requirements and challenges in design of collaborative serious games?’ and as a conclusion the thesis is completed by answering the primary questions of the study ‘What is collaborative game-based learning?’ and ‘How can learning be enhanced by means of using collaborative serious game?’ First two parts are the analyses of theoretical framework on serious games and collaboration, the third part is a synthesis that represents summarization of theoretical review fulfilled with the author’s both learning and game experience that inspired to elaborate practical advice to designing collaborative serious games on the basis of entertainment games. Two different types of data were used in the study: 1) theoretical framework for digital game-based learning, serious games, collaborative learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, collaborative serious games (digital game-based collaborative learning); 2) empirical data collected from 8 engaging and popular games for entertainment by reading game reviews and analyzing games themselves while playing.
On the basis of the results, it can be concluded that game based learning (GBL) has become an alternative to traditional learning concepts. “Serious games” allow reaching the new generation and at the same time to use new technologies for educational purposes as they combine a proper game entertaining component and a training component together. To develop a good collaborative serious game and thereby to satisfy students’ learning needs is a big challenge as gameplay has to fulfill requirements of traditional single player games (fun, narration, video, audio), challenges of multiplayer games (concurrent gaming, interaction) and design of serious game (inclusion of learning content, adaptation and personalization). Moreover, the requirements of collaborative learning have to be considered (group goals, positive interdependence, and individual accountability). After analyzing the theoretical part the criteria for collaborative serious games were elaborated on which analysis of popular games for entertainment was conducted with a purpose to reveal aspects that can be implemented in modern collaborative serious game. The results (adaptation of theoretical framework) are presented in the form of a table, which includes the functions to collaborative serious games, the requirements, practical examples from the entertainment games and its adaptation to collaborative serious games.
The study is aimed to encourage teachers and educators see the potential benefit of collaborative serious games and start using them in teaching learning practice; the study provides pedagogical and technological requirements to collaborative serious games design to help game designers develop good collaborative serious games and third, it provides the new results that extend the existing requirements to collaborative serious games with elaborating the requirements to games for entertainment.
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Hoh, Zachary. "Broadening Design Perspectives and Ability through Interdisciplinary Engagement and Collaboration in Design Education." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1463131013.
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McEwen, Lynn Ann. "Interprofessional Collaborative Care Educational Program for Nurses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4463.
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Interprofessional collaboration and collaborative patient and family-centered practice is increasingly advocated as a means of improving patient outcomes and the cost effectiveness of health care. The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative and Registered Nurses Association of Ontario identified best practices and competencies required for interprofessional collaboration and collaborative practice. Despite the widespread dissemination of these competencies and best practice guidelines to health professional schools, there remains a gap in nursing practice regarding nursing knowledge about the core competencies required for interprofessional collaboration. The purpose of this project was the planning of an education program for nurses on interprofessional collaboration and collaborative care. At the project facility, the interprofessional practice team planned an education program for nursing staff to promote interprofessional collaborative practices and thereby improve patient and population health outcomes. The education project was guided by a model of instructional design used previously by the interprofessional practice department. The education program included a handout and a PowerPoint presentation describing the contents of the handout and clinical application of the competencies in nursing practice. The PowerPoint will be retained by the organization to present to nursing staff employed at the organization. Process evaluation included a team member questionnaire assessing leadership, participant involvement and meeting facilitation. Members of the interprofessional practice team agreed on the success of the process and involvement in the overall project. Increasing nursing knowledge about interprofessional collaboration and collaborative practices would represent positive social change to improve nursing practices and as a result, health outcomes for patients and their families.
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Sonnenwald, Diane H., Mirja Iivonen, Jeffrey A. Alpi, and Heli Kokkinen. "Collaborative Learning Using Collaboration Technology: Report from the Field." Kluwer Publishers, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105954.
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We propose that emerging collaboration, or groupware, technology that supports synchronous interaction among students and faculty can add new aspects to the traditional distance learning and university course models. To explore this assumption we taught a masters' level university course using collaboration technology. In our approach, collaboration technology (integrated synchronous audio- and video-conferencing, electronic whiteboard and shared application tools) was used to provide students at universities in different countries opportunities to participate in interactive class exercises and discussions, and to do class assignments together. Students also participated in traditional, face-to-face class seminars, discussions and exercises at their local university. Thus students learned using collaboration technology and traditional methods. In this paper we describe the course and discuss students' evaluations of the course, their collaboration with each other, and collaboration technology used during the course. Students evaluated the course and their collaborative experiences very highly but reported unique challenges and had mixed impressions with respect to the technology. Challenges included establishing interpersonal communication and meeting commitments. In general, students judged collaboration technology lower than e-mail and telephony in characteristics such as social presence, participation and ease of use. However, there were differences in evaluations among students in Chapel Hill and Oulu implying cultural preferences. In addition, students reported varying degrees of productivity and variety of tasks afforded the technology. These differences were similar for students in Chapel Hill and Oulu, implying individual preferences influenced evaluation of the technology. These results appear to imply that students need to learn principles of collaboration in addition to the technology for collaborative learning across distances to occur, and that a variety of technologies are needed to accommodate cultural and individual differences among students.
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Henry, Kirk. "Students' Perceptions of Collaboration Tools in a Higher Education Online Collaborative Learning Environment." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3544.
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Higher education funding and student behavior has been changing rapidly (Dervarics,2008). Because of this, there has been an increased focus on the use of alternative tools for course delivery. One of the emerging areas of focus has been an increased interest in the use of communication and information technologies (Curtis & Lawson, 2001). Currently, there are a wide variety of flexible delivery methods that have been used as well as their associated tools. Naturally, questions have been raised about the efficacy of these tools on the quality of student-student, student-teacher, and student-content interaction (Curtis & Lawson, 2001). Interaction and Collaboration may be versatile tools within the online learning environment, but the main concern for instructional designers and instructors is improving student outcomes within the online learning environment. Unfortunately, there isn't much research to guide instructors and developers as to which online collaboration tools promote transformative pedagogy, and research appears non-existent indicating the preferences of students and faculty regarding specific online collaboration tools. A host of interactive events are possible within an online learning environment. Some are viewed as essential and others may assume a more supplemental role. Participants reported that they preferred to interact with other students and their instructor using the discussion board within the online learning environment. Additionally, the participants believe that their interaction with the text was of less importance than their interaction with the instructor. Learners indicated that the discussion board was valued over all other collaboration tools available within the course. However, it is certainly possible that in other learning environments such findings may differ. Further study is needed to determine whether the initial insights of participants reflect reasonable trends in interaction or merely an isolated instance. This study was conducted using a mixed methods research approach. Mixed methods research allows the inclusion of issues and strategies that surround methods of data collection, methods of research, and related philosophical issues (Johnson, Onwuegbuzie & Turner, 2007). When qualitative and quantitative datasets are mixed, the datasets often provide richer insights into the phenomenon than if either qualitative or quantitative datasets alone were used. Additionally, using a mixed methods approach provides strengths that offset the weaknesses inherent in each sole approach (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2007; Jick, 1979). Rather than limiting the study to a single ideology, the research was able to utilize all possible methods to explore a research problem. The results of this study provide guidelines for instructional designers developing instructional strategies for online environments. The importance of well-designed instruction was reinforced by this study. The components of "well-designed instruction" can span beyond stimulus-response or drill and practice activities to include a wide range of dynamic interactions using a wide range of increasingly specific tools. Such diverse interactions using the correct tools collectively comprise a dynamic learning environment encompassing one or more learning communities that can expand well beyond the restrictions of any single course selection, thereby connecting learners in unique ways.<br>Ph.D.<br>Department of Educational Research, Technology and Leadership<br>Education<br>Education PhD
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Karlsson, Jan. "Learning in Collaboration : Academics’ experiences in collaborative partnerships." Doctoral thesis, Pedagogiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-73.
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There is an ongoing debate both in the United States and Europe about the need to develop a broader view of scholarship and the different activities connected with it, including “service to the community”. In Sweden, service takes the form of practice-oriented engagement and collaboration with the surrounding community, as stipulated by Swedish law regulating universities’ activities. Collaboration is frequently perceived as a supplementary task, in addition to education and research, hence the name ‘the third task’. Many academics, university teachers and researchers, are today involved in different collaborative partnerships. This thesis focuses academics’ learning in two different contexts: collaboration with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and in a multidisciplinary research programme at the National Institute for Working Life in Sweden (NIWL). The results of the first investigation reveal that the academics learn different strategies to instigate, accomplish, deepen and further develop collaboration between universities and SMEs. The results also show also that academic professionals engaged in this type of activity need to handle the rigid structures of the academic organisation, which neither encourage nor reward these individuals’ efforts to collaborate. However, this study shows that although academics and practioners from SMEs come from different working cultures with their various traditions associated with language and interaction, a continuous exchange and dialogue creates trust and competence for all parties, as well as learning in the form of new knowledge that is useful for both the academia and SMEs. Collaboration across disciplines is rapidly becoming an integral feature of research, due to the desire to explore problems and questions that are not confined to a single discipline and the need to solve societal problems. The second empirical investigation focuses on the workplace learning of researchers in a multidisciplinary research (MDR) programme at the National Institute for Working Life in Sweden (NIWL), and their collaboration with practitioners. The results show that academics in this multidisciplinary context reach a deepened awareness of the perspectives of their own and others’ fields of research, as well as a heightened curiosity to learn more. The learning also involves gaining new insights about their own learning and how this takes place; its impact on their own professional development, and discovering, sometimes surprisingly, how their competence can be used in new areas of research. The interaction of knowledge and experience with researchers of different disciplines and practitioners creates a context that demands a different type of learning for the academics, compared to working in their own disciplines. Both investigations give an understanding of how academics experience their learning in collaboration with practitioners and researchers from different disciplines. It shows how the holistic integration of knowledge deriving from the academic functions of collaboration, teaching and research contributes to development within the academia and in working environments outside it.<br>Det finns en pågående debatt, både i USA och i Europa om behovet att utveckla en bredare syn på akademisk kompetens och de olika aktiviteterna som den innefattar, bland annat det som kallas “tjänster riktade mot samhället”. I Sverige tar dessa samhällsorienterade tjänster formen av praktik orienterad involvering och samarbete med det omgivande samhället, i enlighet med den lagstiftning som reglerar högskolans verksamhet. Samarbete uppfattas ofta som en uppgift som ligger utöver utbildning och forskning; den kallas därför också “den tredje uppgiften”. Många akademiker, universitetslärare och forskare, är idag engagerade i olika former av samverkan. Avhandlingen fokuserar akademikers lärande i två olika sammanhang: samverkan med små och medelstora företag (SMF), och samverkan inom ramen för ett flervetenskapligt forskningsprogram vid Arbetslivsinstitutet (ALI). Resultaten från den första undersökningen visar att akademikerna lär sig olika strategier för att initiera, genomföra, fördjupa och vidareutveckla samverkan mellan högskolan och SMF. Resultaten visar också att akademikerna som är verksamma inom detta område behöver hantera den akademiska organisationens rigida strukturer, som varken uppmuntrar eller belönar dessa individers ansträngningar att samverka. Akademiker och praktiker i SMF kommer från olika arbetskulturer, med olika traditioner förknippade med språk och interaktion. Undersökningen visar dock att kontinuiteten i utbytet och dialogen skapar ett förtroende och kompetensutveckling för alla involverade parter, samt ett lärande i form av ny kunskap som är användbar både för akademin och för SMF. Tvärvetenskapligt samarbete håller på att bli en grundläggande del av all forskning, beroende på önskan att utforska problem och frågeställningar som inte är begränsade till ett enstaka ämnesområde, och behovet att lösa de problem samhället ställs inför. Den andra empiriska undersökningen fokuserar forskares lärande på arbetsplatsen inom ett flervetenskapligt forskningsprogram vid (ALI), samt deras samarbete med praktiker. Resultaten visar att det som akademiker lär i detta flervetenskapliga sammanhang är en fördjupad medvetenhet om perspektiven i deras egen och andras forskningsfält, samt en förstärkt nyfikenhet att lära mer. Lärandet innebär även att komma till nya insikter om deras eget lärande, och hur detta äger rum; hur det påverkar deras egen professionella utveckling, och att upptäcka - ibland överraskande – hur deras kompetens kan användas i nya forskningsområden. Samspelet mellan kunskap och erfarenhet hos forskare med olika ämnesbakgrund och med praktiker skapar ett sammanhang som kräver en annan typ av lärande for akademikerna, jämfört med deras inomdisciplinära arbete. Resultaten från båda undersökningarna ger en förståelse av hur akademiker upplever sitt lärande i samarbete med praktiker och andra forskare från olika ämnen. Det visar hur den holistiska kunskapsintegrationen som härrör från de tre akademiska funktionerna samverkan, undervisning och forskning, samtidigt bidrar till utveckling i arbetsmiljöer både inom och utanför akademin.<br>Populärvetenskaplig beskrivning på svenska av artiklarna I-IV.
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Chipman, Leslie Eugene. "Collaborative technology for young children's outdoor education." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7313.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.<br>Thesis research directed by: Computer Science. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Henson, Roberta Jeanette. "Collaborative education through writing across the curriculum." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941579.
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Social reform in the 1960's initiated growth in two seemingly separate educational movements in response to dissatisfaction with the traditional positivistic education system. These two movements, writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) and homeschooling, share pedagogy and methodology based upon social epistemology, and they share two teaching techniques stemming from this methodology: collaboration and writing. While homeschooling was the successful method of education for centuries, the last two centuries have seen an evolution through the one-room schoolhouse to present day positivistic educational institutions. Language-centered teaching techniques have existed as long, beginning with such educators as Isocrates and continuing with such educators as Aristotle, Quintilian, Augustine, Erasmus, George Campbell, and Fred Newton Scott, and during the past two decades, WAC proponents have incorporated the use of collaboration and writing as instruments of learning in every discipline. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure the effectiveness of these teaching techniques in existing WAC programs because of the number of variables involved. These techniques were measured in a homeschool situation, however, where the variables could be controlled. This ethnographic study, which took place during the Spring 1994 semester with three ninth-grade female students placed in a homeschool situation, used both quantitative and qualitative methods to measure the effectiveness of collaboration and writing in all disciplines. Pre-tests revealed that, at the beginning of this study, these three students performed at very different levels of ability ; regardless of ability, however, each experienced dramatic increases in learning. The quantitative measures, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test and Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test, revealed unprecedented gains in math reasoning, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, oral expression, written expression, language composite, and critical thinking skills. These pre/ post-tests, triangulated with assessment of reading journals, daily journals, individual essays, collaborative essays, and video-taped sessions, produced a narrative which describes each student's characteristics, learning style and response to these learning/teaching methods. The results imply that homeschool education has been successful due to collaboration and writing. Furthermore, this study strongly suggests that collaboration and writing effect learning in all disciplines and recommends restructuring of traditional education to implement these teaching/learning techniques.<br>Department of English
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Jacobs, Jodee Elizabeth. "Secondary Special Education Teachers and Transition Specialists| Collaborative Efforts." Thesis, Grand Canyon University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10602670.
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<p> This qualitative case study explored how secondary special education teachers and transition specialists perceived their collaborative efforts when transitioning students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from secondary to higher education. The theory of transition established the platform for this study. Two of the theoretical principles of situation and support were used as a lens to determine the collaborative perceptions between these two educator groups. The research questions specified educator perceptions of collaboration throughout the transition process and building collaborative relationships. The sample consisted of seven secondary special education teachers and seven transition specialists within the State of Arizona. Data collection sources the secondary transition plan document, semistructured individual interviews and two focus group sessions. Data coding procedures determined specific patterns that emerged in the analysis. A total of seven themes emerged: Collaboration ongoing, team effort, unrealistic expectations affect transition, attitude of specialists affecting student success, trust is vital to building relationships, lack of knowledge in preparing students during transition, and the importance of parental involvement throughout the transition process. The results that provided the greatest influence to the collaborative process included parental involvement and relationships, trust building between educators, continued training, provision of resources, and the development of the transition plan. The implications of this study suggested that educational organizations provide opportunities for these specialists to attend trainings for continued professional development. </p><p>
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Thomas, Danielle K. "Collaborative Drawing Projects." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276792482.
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Ngimwa, Pauline Gachaki. "A collaborative design process for educational digital resources in African higher education." Thesis, Open University, 2012. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54233/.
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Within Africa, access to digital library systems is critical in supporting higher level teaching, learning and research. Currently there is a high demand with inadequate resources which often produces poorly supported learning outcomes. The effectiveness of current resources is further limited by poor design processes, which is worsened by stakeholders (academics, e-learning technologists and digital librarians and designers) often working in isolation. Ultimately, designed resources become less user-centred and sustainable. This thesis sought to provide empirically developed collaborative design process guidance for design stakeholders developing educational digital resources within African higher education. Following a Human Computer Interaction research approach, eleven best practice digital library projects identified from three case studies of African universities (in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa) were investigated. Data was drawn from interviews, observations and an examination of documents. This investigation identified three interrelated factors that impacted on the design process (i. e. human relationships, innovative technologies and policies). The human relationships factor comprised multidisciplinary design stakeholders and included a subset i. e. design champions (multidisciplinary and domain champions) whose role changed the facilitation and eventual output of the other stakeholders in the design process. The multidisciplinary champions took on a participatory approach to engagement while the domain champions assumed an approach that was less engaging. The innovative technologies factor comprised universal technologies and 'flexible' technologies (i. e. Web 2.0 applications and the Open Source Software) which supported the design process and enhanced user-centeredness and sustainability of the projects. Existing institutional and national policies supported stakeholder collaboration and application of the innovative technologies. The absence of any of these factors in the digital library projects weakened the design process and reduced effectiveness of digital resources. These three factors have been used to develop the Collaborative Educational Resources Design (CERD) process model as a guidance tool to support multidisciplinary design stakeholders indesigning effective digital resources.
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Dickinson, Esther B. "The Impact of Collaborative Teacher Teaming on Teacher Learning." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/88.
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Schools have organized professional learning communities to support teacher learning and hopefully student achievement. An investigation of these learning communities may provide a description of professional teacher learning and suggest implications and implementation processes. The following question guided this inquiry: In collaborative groups, what learning is recognized by teachers and what do teachers think facilitates that learning? The qualitative study investigated how teachers that participate in collaborative teams describe the learning process. The teachers responded to interview questions following observations of team meetings. The findings reveal what teachers perceive about their learning. The findings suggest the qualities of the learning situations for the teachers, the learning as recognized by the teachers, and the changes in practices that the teachers implemented in the classroom. The study implies and/or suggests processes and procedures to guide and enhance teacher learning in collaborative groups.
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Prince-Clark, Lisa. "An Interprofessional Collaborative Approach to Fall Prevention Education." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6945.
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Hospital falls among medical-surgical inpatients are a safety concern. Inpatient falls that lead to significant injuries may be reduced by fall intervention education, which can lead to the preparedness of the patient and care providers. Orlando's deliberative nursing process theory and the plan-do-check-act model were applied to address the project practice-focused question that explored whether the education of staff nurses on fall prevention interventions would reduce the incidence of falls during a 2-month period. The purpose of the project was to implement and evaluate nursing staff education on the Morse fall scale, an evidence-based fall-prevention intervention. Evaluation of staff nurse knowledge related to use of the scale and data that indicated the number of patient falls were collected before and after implementation of the education project. The education project was effective in decreasing fall rates from 4.2 to 3.4 falls per 1,000 days over a 2-month period; it also resulted in an average Morse fall scale assessment score of 90%. The implications of this project for positive social change include protecting patients from injury and promoting safety through the identification of high-risk patients and application of individualized fall-reduction interventions. The outcome of the project demonstrated that falls can be prevented through improved education and the use of fall interventions.
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Challender, Jason. "Collaborative trust in UK Further Education procurement strategies." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2016. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/906/.
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In recent times, government led consortium strategies for collaborative procurement of major capital projects in the Further Education (FE) sector have been heralded as a vehicle to obtain best value and improve levels of quality. Yet there is still evidence of low levels of client satisfaction, owing mostly to poor cost and time predictability. The study aim explores the extent to which trust is a necessary part of this process and a viable tool in collaboratively procuring more successful UK Further Education projects. It gives greater understanding of how trust building mechanisms and initiatives can be designed and implemented for improving project outcomes. A review of literature identifies a framework for measuring the extent of trust building mechanisms under three group categories namely motivational, ethical, and organisational initiatives as the independent variables (IVs). The degree of trust is measured through established trust-related attributes and behaviours as the dependent variable (DV). A mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative methodologies is adopted, with the former using survey questionnaires and subjecting data to correlation analysis. The quantitative survey was administered electronically with 41 responses to the pilot and 79 replies received for the main study. The research population is restricted to those contracting, consulting and client organisations that have had experience of collaboratively procured Further Educational projects. The qualitative approach consists of eight semi-structured interviews where raw data is coded using content analysis and sorted into themes from transcribed recording for analysis. Study findings provide an insight as to why organisations may feel vulnerable about vesting trust in their partners and these include scepticism of realisable benefits, opportunism and inequitable working relationships. Potential trust building measures to overcome such dilemmas are presented such as, professional development, senior management commitment and team workshops. Furthermore, quantitative study findings have determined that there is a correlation of 0.87 between these trust building mechanisms/initiatives (IVs) and the degree of trust in collaborative working (DV) suggesting a very strong influence with p≤0.05. Future research is recommended to further explore how certain trust building initiatives linked to co-location, integrated project insurance and risk workshops can be designed and implemented in developing a framework for increasing trust in partnering strategies.
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Hixon, Emily. "Collaborative online course development the faculty experience /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3167808.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2005.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-04, Section: A, page: 1328. Chairperson: Curtis J. Bonk. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Nov. 2, 2006)."
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Papper, Carole Clark. "Personality theory and collaborative writing groups." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1287421538.
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Lycette, Lisa L. "Nursing Faculty Perceptions Related to Collaborative Testing." Thesis, William Carey University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10845852.
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<p> This qualitative study examines nursing faculty perceptions related to the use of collaborative testing in nursing education. Collaborative testing, also called group testing or team testing provides opportunities for cooperative learning as students work in groups discussing test questions and choosing answers. Research identifies increased student learning, enhanced communication skills, and improved critical thinking with collaborative testing. However nursing education has been resistant to the use of collaborative testing. </p><p> Nursing faculty participants describe perceptions of collaborative testing by means of an anonymous electronic questionnaire with open-ended questions. Nursing faculty perceptions of collaborative testing include: communication, student progression, NCLEX-RN® performance, and limited use. Faculty perceive advantages of collaborative testing use include: low-performer advantage and learning. Faculty identify two disadvantages with collaborative testing: grade inflation and nonparticipation.</p><p> Nursing faculty views of collaborative testing could promote understanding of low collaborative testing use in nursing education. The nursing faculty perceptions of collaborative testing revealed in this study present an initial look into nursing faculty views of collaborative testing. The identified nursing faculty perceptions provide a stepping-stone for future research into collaborative testing use in nursing education.</p><p>
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VanHorn, Pamela Marie. "Linking Collaborative Leadership Practices to Increased Student Achievement." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492599398353328.
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Marks, Lori J., E. Ralston, and L. McCammon. "Partners in Change: A Collaborative Approach to Personnel Preparation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3577.
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Canizo, Thea Lynne. "Establishing collaborative structures and relationships: Teacher leaders' experiences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280159.
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The purpose of this study was to explore teacher leaders' experiences as they attempted to establish collaborative structures and relationships resulting in improved science instruction at their schools. Teacher leaders were middle school science facilitators, full-time classroom teachers who acted as liaisons between the science teachers at their schools and a change initiative funded by the National Science Foundation. This was a qualitative study, using interviews to create a case study. The researcher used a three-part interview design developed by Seidman (1991). Six research questions served as a framework for the data analysis. Participants identified the following as factors which contributed to their success: support from the principal, other science teachers, central staff personnel, and the district-wide group of science facilitators; professional development; and the successful completion of a scope and sequence for science instruction. Factors identified as hindering their success were: lack of support or conflict with the principal; resistance to change; time constraints; a district policy which limited meeting time; teacher and administrator turnover; tension between the middle school and junior high school models; and personal doubts. From descriptions of their understanding and exercising of leadership, the researcher concluded that teacher leaders had become empowered. The school culture was seen to have a great effect on teacher leaders. The contrasts between a school with a positive culture and another school in disarray were presented. Structures such as summer institutes and release time during the school day were identified as critical for giving teachers the time needed to establish more collaborative working relationships. Once greater trust and understanding were present, teachers were better able to examine their teaching practices more critically. Participants identified mentoring of new members, a continuing role for science facilitators, and central support as necessary for ensuring the sustainability of the changes made during the years of the grant initiative. The researcher concluded that teacher leaders can be a powerful force for bringing about change in schools when provided with training and time during the school day to work with colleagues.
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Ng, Heung Sang Anita. "Creating an art education website through collaborative action research." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439859.
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Chang, Angela N. (Angela Ni-Hwey). "A mobile instructor interface for collaborative software development education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76910.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2012.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).<br>Students are often asked to write code during lab sessions in software engineering courses. However, the overall progress and level of understanding of lecture material during the course of a single lab session is difficult for instructors to gauge, because they are limited in the amount of direct interaction they can have with students. We have built CollabodeTA, a web application optimized for Apple's iPad on top of the Collabode real-time collaborative web IDE. CollabodeTA is a tool that takes advantage of keystroke-by-keystroke and action-by- action data intercepted through Collabode to aid software lab instructors in determining student progress and understanding on in-class coding assignments. User studies using TAs from MIT's 6.005 Elements of Software Construction course and data recorded from a semester of 6.005 recitations with in-class coding assignments indicate that the mobile instructor interface shows potential as a useful tool for guiding the pace and content of such recitations based on demonstrated student understanding. Furthermore, the CollabodeTA mobile instructor interface illustrates a new use case for the Collabode real-time collaborative web IDE.<br>by Angela N. Chang.<br>M.Eng.
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Wolfgang, Courtnie N. "Performed Disciplines/ Collaborative Disciplines: Becoming Interdisciplinary in Higher Education." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316198405.
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Pietsch, James Roderick. "Collaborative learning in mathematics." University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1088.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>This study looked at the implementation of a collaborative learning model at two schools in Sydney designed to realise the principles recommended by reform documents such as the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and policy documents including Numeracy, A Priority for All (DETYA, 2000). A total of 158 year seven and year eight students ranging in age from 12 to 15 years old from two schools participated in the study. In all, seven classroom teachers participated in the study each completing two topics using the collaborative learning model. Four research questions were the focus of the current study. Three research questions were drawn from eight principles identified in the literature regarding what constitutes effective mathematics learning. These questions related to the nature of collaboration evident in each classroom, the level of motivation and self-regulation displayed by students in the different types of classrooms and the relationship between learning mathematics within the collaborative learning model and real-world mathematics. A final research question examined the degree to which the concerns of teachers relating to preparing students for examinations are met within the collaborative learning model. Several different data collection strategies were adopted to develop a picture of the different forms of activity evident in each classroom and the changes that took place in each classroom during and after the implementation of the collaborative learning model. These included classroom observations, interviews with student and teacher participants, questionnaires and obtaining test results. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to reduce the data collected. Factor scores and test results were compared using t-tests, ANOVAs and Mann Whitney nonparametric tests. Data collected from interviews and classroom observations were analysed using a grounded approach beginning with the open coding of phenomena. Leont’ev’s theoretical approach to activity systems (1972; 1978) was then used to describe the changing nature of classroom activity with the introduction of the collaborative learning model. Within the collaborative classrooms there were a greater number of mathematical voices participating in classroom discussions, a breaking down of traditional roles held by teachers and students, and dominant patterns of collaboration evident in each classroom reflecting pre-existing cultural ways of doing. Furthermore, there was some quantitative evidence suggesting that student levels of critical thinking, self-regulation and help seeking increased and students were also observed regulating their own learning as well as the learning of others. Classroom practice was also embedded in the cultural practice of preparing topic tests, enabling students to use mathematics within the context of a work group producing a shared outcome. Finally, there was quantitative evidence that students in some of the collaborative classes did not perform as well as students in traditional classrooms on topic tests. Comments from students and teachers, however, suggested that for some students the collaborative learning model enabled them to learn more effectively, although other students were frustrated by the greater freedom and lack of direction. Future research could investigate the effectiveness of strategies to overcome this frustration and the relationship between different types of collaboration and developing mathematical understanding.
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Benton, J. Love. "Culturally Collaborative Teaching: A Path Toward Black Student Learning." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1605910704330758.
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Duncan, Darcy N. "Educating to the Collaborative Care Model." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3560.
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The problem addressed in this project was the lack of experienced RNs needed in the acute care setting to deliver safe, quality patient care, while effectively managing resources and providing job satisfaction. The purpose of this project was to determine if an education module designed to educate charge and rover nurses on the Collaborative Care Model (CCM) would enhance staff nurses' abilities to provide safe, high quality care to patients, and improve staff nurse retention on one unit in an acute care setting. The theoretical frameworks utilized to guide the education module included: Lewin's theory of planned change, Benner's novice to expert model, and AACN's synergy model for patient care. The project question asked if an educative process designed around the CCM for charge nurses and rovers would result in improvement and sustainment of nursing quality indicators on the unit and improve staff nurse retention. The educational modules included two, four-hour education sessions with power point presentations and interactive assignments presented on two separate dates. Analysis of effectiveness was determined by comparing initial and post education nursing quality indicators (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems Dashboard and the Human Resources Score Card) for the unit. Results showed that staff turnover was reduced from 41% to 35.9% and patients' perceptions of teamwork increased from 47.4% to 60.9% following the education modules. This project contributes to positive social change by providing education to promote quality care and staff nurse retention.
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Jeffers, Michael P. "Exploring collaborative culture and leadership in large high schools." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3576089.
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<p> The purpose of this exploratory study was to analyze how high school principals approached developing a collaborative culture and providing collaborative leadership in a large high school setting. The population sample for this study was 82 principals of large comprehensive high schools of grades 9 through 12 or some combination thereof with student populations of more than 1700 students from nine states in the middle region of the United States including Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Of the 82 respondents, 81 fully completed the survey and one was incomplete. The survey was developed from questions from several survey instruments by Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Professor, Yeshiva University, Dr. Jerry Valentine, Professor Emeritus at University of Missouri, Dr. Hank Rubin, Professor at South Dakota State University, and the researcher.</p><p> Quantitative data examined beliefs, practices, and self assessments by the principal based on collaborative leadership, collaborative learning, and school culture. Inferential statistics were used to draw conclusions from the sample population tested. The study through an analysis of variance and bivariate correlations analyzed differences sorted by degree of collaboration and relationships among variables correlated with collaborative learning and leadership of principals in a large high school setting. In addition, demographic data were analyzed using ANOVA to test for correlations between these interrelated variables of the degree of collaborative learning in the school as described by the schools’ principals (a) the degree to which the principals’ self-described their leadership practices, (b) the degree to which the principals’ self-described their beliefs about collaborative leadership, and (c) the demographic characteristics of the principals’ professional experiences and background. </p><p> The study found principals in large high schools their learning practices, their beliefs about collaborative leadership, examples of their work, and their perceptions about the degree of collaborative learning were evident. The study found there are significant differences in leadership practices and beliefs for schools that are perceived as more collaborative compared to those perceived as less collaborative. The study found, however, there was no significant relationship between demographic characteristics of professional experiences and background were related to collaborative leadership and learning practices and beliefs. Overall, the findings from this study created awareness about the uniqueness of collaborative leadership in a large high school setting and how principals of large high schools can more readily facilitate collaborative learning in these complex settings.</p>
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Williams, Jeffrey B. "Collaborative software and community building." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/87.
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Rogers, Evelyn Marie 1962. "An investigation of the effects of collaborative, computer-mediated communication and non-collaborative, computer-assisted writing skills practice on L2 writing." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282776.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to compare the quantity and quality of writing produced by L2 students after participating in either (1) collaborative, computer-mediated communication (CMC), or (2) non-collaborative, computer-assisted writing skills practice. The subjects for this study were 42 students enrolled in French classes at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The CMC treatment consisted of 45 minutes of collaborative, simultaneous written "discussion" among student clusters of 3 or 4 students. The writing skills group focused on vocabulary building, grammatical review, and format review, using the French writing software program, Système-D. A computerized text analysis program, as well as experienced foreign language instructors then analyzed students' compositions. This study also addressed learner attributes (including gender, grade point average [GPA], and personality variables) and L2 proficiency and their interaction with the two computer-based contexts. Finally, it assessed learners' attitudes toward each of the two pre-writing activities. Results revealed that the effects of participating in either collaborative CMC or non-collaborative writing skills practice on L2 writing, in terms of the 6 variables considered (total number of words, grammatical accuracy, lexical density, lexical diversity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality) were minimal. While gender did not have a significant impact on quantity and quality of writing in the two contexts considered, GPA and language proficiency were significantly correlated with grammatical accuracy and overall writing quality. Selected personality variables had minimal effects on L2 writing. While subjects were markedly interested in both CMC and Système-D , quantitative as well as qualitative analysis of the attitude questionnaire showed a clear preference for Système-D over CMC. This study showed that students benefited from both types of pre-writing activities. The CMC group had the benefits of interaction and increased target language production, while the computer-assisted writing skills group benefited from access to a computerized data base of grammar, vocabulary and phrases for their compositions. Overall, students had positive attitudes toward both computer-based activities. If positive attitudes lead to increased motivation and enhanced second language development, it follows that these computer-based activities should be integrated into the traditional second language acquisition syllabus.
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Livak, Thomas Michael. "Collaborative warrior tutoring." Link to electronic thesis, 2004. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-0824104-152548/.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute.<br>Keywords: Collaborative tutoring; Intelligent tutoring; Computer generated forces; Cognitive modeling. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-31).
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An, Yun-Jo. "Collaborative problem-based learning in online environments." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3219913.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2006.<br>"Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 26, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 2121. Adviser: Charles Reigeluth.
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Chan, Wai-man. "Exploring collaborative learning online in history classes." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39848656.
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Kniveton, Karen. "Conceptualising collaboration in context : an exploration of the collaborative experiences of academics in health and social care." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2009. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/9044/.
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This thesis contains the findings of a qualitative research project that addressed the question 'why collaborate'? Focus was on the experiences of academics in health and social care collaborating to develop interprofessional and interdisciplinary initiatives, including interprofessional education (IPE). The project was based upon the premise, first, that academics need to collaborate effectively if interprofessional initiatives like IPE are to develop and be sustained and secondly, that theory building in relation to collaboration will assist our understanding of why collaborations are formed and why some are sustained and some are not. Research focus in this field has, mostly, focussed on student experiences and the desire to identify the impact of IPE. The project aimed to address the under researched area of collaboration between academics. Data was generated from individual interviews and focus groups with academics from six universities. Respondents shared their experiences of collaborating with colleagues from a range of professions and disciplines. The project utilised a Charmazian constructivist grounded theory methodology and the writings of Pierre Bourdieu were used at the data analysis stage. The thesis details the emergent categories: motivation-dispositions; career trajectories; personal-relationships; leadership and field change, which assist our understanding of what helps and what hinders collaboration. The inter-relationships between the four emergent categories are outlined and a theory of collaboration between academics in health and social care is presented.
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Sudyka, Tracee Dee. "Habitats online: A collaborative telecommunications project." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1485.
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This project develops a collaborative telecommunications project called Habitats Online. Review of the literature indicates that collaborative telecomunication projects, like Habitats Online, engage students in rich learning experiences and establish a network of future citizens who have a greater understanding of our environment and global communications. This master's project specifically addresses these issues.
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Chislett, Carol Rae. "Creating Collaborative Learning Environments: A Curriculum Proposal for Instructors." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5083.
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Groups of students or employees working together to solve problems, gain conceptual understanding, or create new approaches are expected to yield results significantly better than when working individually. Classroom collaboration leads to increased learning and retention, improved interpersonal skills, and enhanced appreciation for and commitment to the educational process. With the increased discussion of its benefits, there is more emphasis on including collaboration in the classroom. The challenge for today's faculty and students is to learn what their roles and expectations are in the successful collaborative environment. The purpose of this study was to design a curriculum for instructors in techniques for creating collaborative environments. In addition to reviewing the current literature to learn about collaborative environments in the college classroom, instructors were interviewed to learn about their experiences and successes with collaborative learning. Information from the literature review and the faculty interviews were used to propose the curriculum. Principles of collaborative learning evident through the literature and the interviews are that it requires trust, development of relationships, conversation, incorporating differences, the teacher as learner, and students be responsible for their own learning. The instructor must be able to create that environment by teaching social and collaborative skills, being willing to self-disclose, assessing where students are and by taking care of technical tasks such as preplanning, assigning students to groups, designing collaborative activities and evaluating results of the collaborative process, the group's product and the individual's contribution. Caffarella's (1994) interactive model for program development provided the structure for the development of the curriculum. Through the application of the model, curriculum ideas were explored and narrowed into the development of the program objectives. Transfer of learning activities incorporated into the curriculum are reliant upon intense practice of collaborative skills throughout the course. The learning is experiential.
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Shumard, Sally L. "A Collaborative PDS Project About Computer Networking in Art Education /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487928649988749.
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Johnson, Shaun. "A collaborative intervention to the lack of male teachers." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3378357.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Education, 2009.<br>Title from home page (viewed on Jul 6, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-10, Section: A, page: 3747. Advisers: Lynne Boyle-Baise; Mary McMullen.
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Sandoval, Dolores A. 1949. "The on-site master's degree program: A collaborative endeavor." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282494.
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The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions and experiences of teachers participating in an on-site master's degree program in their school district. Its intent was to provide school districts and universities with information for establishing future programs. To accomplish this, a questionnaire was distributed to teacher participants and instructors of six school districts in metropolitan Phoenix. Additionally, selected teacher participants, all program administrators and the university program administrator were interviewed. The following conclusions were based on the findings of this study. Teachers, instructors and administrators agreed that: (1) a master's degree is important to a teaching career and improves teaching, provided the course content is implemented. (2) participation in and completion of a master's degree program impacts student achievement. (3) courses taken through the on-site program were more appropriate than those offered through a university-based program. (4) a cohort system is beneficial to teachers in completing the program. Teachers agreed that: (1) a master's degree program has an impact on their practice. (2) courses in instructional strategies, diversity issues, special needs, child psychology, educational research and issues an valuable to their role. Instructors saw all courses offered as valuable. (3) the quality of a course is determined unilaterally by the instructor. (4) the convenience of proximity of the on-site program facilitates pursuing a master's degree. Teachers and instructors agreed that: (1) the on-site program is the best professional development for teachers and more helpful than inservice courses. (2) an on-site program should include more practical than theoretical aspects. All administrators indicated the program must include a balance. Teachers and administrators agreed that: (1) district and non-district instructors both provided quality instruction; however, district instructors bring relevant district information to the instruction. (2) the on-site program provides a meaningful professional development experience through its alignment with district philosophy and goals, and, as administrators further expressed, the optimum professional development experience for teachers. The long-term implication of the findings is the need for continued and extended university/school district collaboration in the area of teacher professional development.
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Ip, Kwai-fun. "The perceived usefulness of webBoard in enhancing collaborative learning." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23519733.
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Joshi, Swaroop Ravindra. "CONSIDER: A Novel, Online Approach to Conflict-Driven Collaborative-Learning." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500511662959839.
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Dixon, Kerry. "The Contested Space of STEM-Art Integration: Cultural Humility and Collaborative Interdisciplinarity." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1467717193.
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Tai, Chih-Che. "Two Collaborative Education Projects: Web-based platforms and Green Course." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3293.
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Tang, Aileen 1976. "A database-backed education system for collaborative teaching and learning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86553.
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Baker, Robert Patrick. "Contexts of cultural capital in collaborative practice in further education." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2012. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19306/.
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This study explores ownership and manifestations of cultural capital (Bourdieu 1984) demonstrated by a sample of lecturers in the UK Further Education ('FE') sector and the influence this has on cross-college collaborative practice. The research was conducted at three colleges in the English Midlands in 2010-11 employing a researcher-as-bricoleur approach (Kincheloe 2002). Knowledge explaining inhibitor or activator mechanisms involved in collaborative working is essential if the sector is to gain from the opportunities of innovative problem solving afforded by communities of practice (Wenger et al. 2002). The significance of this knowledge is amplified when considered against the background of efficiency pressures resulting from funding cuts to FE proposed in the Government's 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review. The study found the types and magnitude of lecturers' cultural capital and the patterns of its deployment should act, in the main, as enablers for collaborative practice. Despite their middle-class professional status lecturers tend to exhibit popularist to middlebrow cultural affinities. The minority of practitioners who possessed 'highbrow' cultural capital tend to classify as cultural omnivores rather than exhibiting traits solely associated with univores (Peterson 1992, Peterson and Kern 1996). Few lines of cultural cleavage were found, with one notable exception. There was evidence of antipathy resulting from dislocations of capital owned by lecturers delivering Higher Education programmes in the FE environment and their predominantly FE line managers and FE lecturer colleagues. The asset value of cultural capital is depressed in comparison to more valuable 'organisational knowledge' capitals, for example an understanding of college bureaucratic practice and procedure. Deployment of high cultural capital where it might be exchanged for status tends to be suppressed. There was evidence of strong enthusiasm for collaboration, possibly due to the tolerance of the cultural omnivore (Erickson 1996), but Homo Actificivm is encountering significant obstacles to cross-college working: physical isolationism, the precarite of job insecurity (Bourdieu 1998a), andrestrictions imposed by inter-departmental competition within college. The thesis argues that to promote innovative collaborative practice Further Education colleges should rebalance the emphasis in their accommodation strategies to give more of an equal weighting to staff provision as they do for students. In the light of the findings, wherever possible, colleges should consider enlarging staffrooms and providing additional cost-efficient informal social network spaces for their staff organised around the optimum 'Dunbar number' (Dunbar 1992) in order to catalyse 'community'. The lecturer 'species' Homo Artificium is contrived from the study's results. Its name, etymologically from the Latin 'artificium', encompasses the notion of skill, ability and opportunity. It attempts to encapsulate FE's raison d'etre that of the UK's "Lifelong Learning and Skills Sector". The characteristics of the species are dissimilar to a distant relative, Homo Academicus, postulated by Bourdieu (1984b) following his research into the cultural capital possessed by Parisian university academics [pun intended]. My interpretation of Homo Artificium is depicted on the bookmark.
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Atkins, Elaine. "Collaborative processes between higher education institutions : postgraduate degrees and governance." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428162.
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Nadim, Wafaa. "Industrialising the construction industry : a collaborative training and education model." Thesis, University of Salford, 2009. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26831/.
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The United Kingdom (UK) construction industry has long been the centre of criticism and debate for its relative poor performance and high turnover. In this respect, the UK Government embarked on reviving Offsite Production (OSP) in an attempt to negate these issues, whilst simultaneously reducing the dependence on manual skills. However, extant literature highlights that professional (non-manual) skill shortages are just as acute. Notwithstanding these factors, from a training and education perspective, it is widely acknowledged that the myriad of approaches currently deployed to address professional education and training needs have systematically failed to fully satisfy industry's expectations. This is due in part to the lack of a 'common language' between the construction industry and the training/education providers. Given that OSP training and education is a predominant driver for the successful and wider uptake of OSP, there is no direct empirical evidence on the type, level, or priorities of OSP training and education required to meet the new exigent business drivers. This research focuses on addressing the polarised silos that currently exist between industry and training/education providers through the provision of a flexible collaborative model. This model embodies multi-criteria and multistakeholder perceptions and imperatives in order to help provide a 'shared' language and understanding across these multivariate issues to formally identify and prioritise OSP training and education needs. This research adopted a system approach to OSP training and education using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method to develop an OSP-QFD model. The positioning of this research adopts the positivism paradigm to infer OSP skills requirements, underpinned and supported by a triangulation approach to define the measures to satisfy those needs and help increase the validity and reliability of the data obtained. The model was iteratively tested and validated using domain experts from industry, academia and research organisations. Research findings confirmed the scepticism and misconception of the construction industry and academia with regard to OSP and industryacademia collaboration. However, the developed OSP-QFD model demonstrated that it could be used to shape, structure, and document the skills needed from multivariate viewpoints, thereby addressing the different drivers and expectations of the polarised stakeholders. Furthermore, the OSP-QFD model accommodates design flexibility, so that individual priorities can be independently assessed and analysed.
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Hu, Zhen. "Students' experience and perceived learning outcomes in international collaborative programs in Shanghai, China." Scholarly Commons, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/65.
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As other programs in education, international collaborative programs face challenges of quality assurance and accountability for students' learning outcomes. Through a survey of 1458 students, the present research employs a "program logic model" (input-activity-outcome) to measure students' perceived global learning outcomes in international collaborative programs in Shanghai, China. Multiple regressions were used to test the relationship between different aspects of students' learning experience and their perceived learning outcomes in the programs. Findings of this research suggest that students' learning experience had positive influence on students' perception of learning outcomes, even when students' personal variables, such as gender, grade level, major, pre-college grades, and international experience were controlled. This research further investigated the possible moderating effect of personal variables on the relationship between learning experience and perceived learning outcomes. Findings from the analysis show that the impact of students' learning experience on perceived learning outcomes may vary by pre-college grades and prior international experience. Although these differences are small in magnitude, they suggest that the effects of students' learning experience on their perceived learning outcomes should be carefully examined.
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Todd, Frankie. "Degrees of freedom : a study of collaborative learning in higher education." Thesis, University of York, 1989. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14032/.
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Hess, Christina D. "Collaborative educational strategies : an analysis of the CoWeb." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17953.
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Kolbaeva, K. (Kunduz). "Students’ motivation in group development stages during collaborative learning." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706022393.
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When students work in small groups, it is expected that they experience five stages of group development to perform well; forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Yet, the duration of each stage namely, when particular stage starts and when it finishes was not investigated in the previous researches. Furthermore, all the stages have features that characterize them, most of the features describe emotional state of students, whereas motivational level of students is still not clear. So, taking into account of the previous research gaps, the aim of this thesis is to examine duration of group development stages, and how to characterize students’ motivation at the different stages of collaborative learning. The research involved 15 first-year teacher education students. Four small-groups (3–4 members in each) were engaged in collaborative learning tasks on math within six sessions. Except the tasks, they were assigned to discuss macro-level scripts: Orientation questions in the beginning, Checkup questions in the middle, and Reflection questions at the end of the each session. The data was collected by videotaping of students’ small-group work. For the data analysis of this thesis, the scripted phases were transcribed and coded based on the thematic categories.
The results show that almost all of the group developmental stages may last one or two collaborative sessions. There are quite a lot of overlaps between the stages, when they are mixed in one session. Another point is that, not all five stages may be present in the group development. As this study shows, adjourning stage was not included in the analysis since none of the groups did experience it.
According to the analysis, the groups’ motivational state vary from one stage to another. At the beginning of the course students are more motivated and at the end of the course students’ motivation is low. The thesis demonstrates which stage is specifically more beneficial for students’ high motivation. It can be concluded that the knowledge of groups’ development stages are useful for the teachers in designing the collaborative learning sessions. Taking into account the emotions and motivation that students are expected to have at the different stages, the teachers may enhance learning process.