Using a lecturer's personal web site to enhance the social interchange among students in an academic course

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Abstract

Developments in web-based communication technology have opened up new ways for students at a distance to communicate with their teachers and with each other. The literature covers three types of web-based interactions: learnercontent interaction, learner-instructor interaction, and Ieamer-leamer interaction. However, the purpose of this study was to examine a newer aspect in these relationships. The aim was to investigate the social impact of a lecturer's personal web site on the personal interchange with his students. The participants were sixty-three students undertaking one of the author's graduate courses at Bar-Ilan University. They were given learning assignments, which required social interaction to complete, using a variety of Peer-to-Peer technologies. The results show that most of the students found the lecturer's personal web site an efficient P2P (Peer-to-Peer) tool that enhanced social interchange outside the walls of the class. Over 85% of the students strongly recommended that personal aspects delivered only on a personal web site should be added into academic courses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics and the Digital Society
Subtitle of host publicationSocial, Ethical and Cognitive Issues - IFIP TC3/WG3.1 and 3.2 Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT, SECIII 2002
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages269-276
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781475754674
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
EventIFIP TC3/WG3.1 and 3.2 Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT, SECIII 2002 - Dortmund, Germany
Duration: 22 Jul 200226 Jul 2002

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume116
ISSN (Print)1868-4238

Conference

ConferenceIFIP TC3/WG3.1 and 3.2 Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT, SECIII 2002
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDortmund
Period22/07/0226/07/02

Keywords

  • Collaborative learning
  • Higher education
  • ICT
  • Social issues
  • Virtual university

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