This chapter provides an overview of current issues and trends related to the impact and integration of computer mediated communication (CMC) and technological innovation in the teaching and learning environments of higher education in the United States. The chapter includes an introduction to the higher education arena, and then focuses on the current learning and teaching environments. Topics...

Present day access to a wealth of electronically available linguistic data creates enormous opportunities for cutting edge research questions and analyses. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) data are specifically interesting, for example because the multimodal character of new media puts our ideas about discourse issues like coherence to the test. At the same time CMC data are ephemeral, bec...

Online educational offerings are becoming increasingly commonplace. At the same time, relatively little is understood about the factors contributing to students’ participation in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in such environments, which ultimately affects student satisfaction with the online learning experience. In this paper, I propose a model that examines the relationship between an ...

Author: Maria Victoria Ramos Title: An Analysis of Remote Communication Processes Involved in VideoMediated and Text-Based Computer-Mediated Communication During Collaborative Problem Solving Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Master of Science in Human Factors & Systems The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of current available communication mediums on the ...

A question associated with the introduction of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is whether all participants profit equally from working in CSCL environments. This article reports on a review study into gender-related differences in participation in CSCL. As many of the processes in CSCL are similar to those in computer-mediated communication (CMC), studies into CMC are also incl...

As the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) by students in the university learning contexts increases, there is a need to better understand students’ motivations for using CMC and non-CMC media in their learning. By employing the uses and gratifications (U&G) perspective, this paper identified 7 motivation dimensions including information seeking, convenience, connectivity, problem solv...

It is known that personality is important in computer-mediated communication (CMC), influencing both how we express ourselves, and how we are perceived. Here we build in two ways on previous work which has used the LIWC text analysis tool to derive language factors relating to personality. First, we investigate whether linguistic factor structure in e-mail is similar to that in weblogs, and how...

It has been recognized for many years that informal communication is an important part of effective work and thus vitally important in organizations. However, research on informal dimensions of information systems is rare. In this paper, Fish et al.’s (1990) model that distinguishes characteristics of informal and formal dimensions of computer-mediated communication (CMC) is further developed. ...

ABSRACT In today's modern world, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) and computer mediated communication (CMC) are central and most crucial in the activities of organizations and in their success in achieving their goals and purposes. Organizations are established to achieve goals that one person cannot accomplish alone, and the knowledge that is collected by individuals should be reserv...

This study examines task-based, synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) among intermediate-level learners of English. The research specifically explores (a) whether learners engage in negotiated interaction when they encounter new lexical items, (b) whether task type has an effect on the amount of negotiation that transpires, and (c) how this computer-mediated negotiation compares to ...