With the rise of microfinance in developing countries and its evolution to a business model in developed nations, microfinance has fully transitioned to the internet, taking the distinctive form of social lending. However, the marketing trends of emerging peer-to-peer micro-lending websites have been largely unexplored during its rise to recognition due to most studies focusing on financial, ec...

Teaching critical thinking is not easy. Teaching critical thinking to a large class, to an online class or to an accelerated class is difficult. Teaching critical thinking in a class such as statistical literacy where many of the students have low motivation can be extremely difficult. This paper focuses on the use of a new online discussion forum, Odysseys2senseTM, which develops civil discour...

In a controlled experiment using Comrade, a computer-supported peer review system, we explored whether a simple manipulation of the reviewing process could improve the reviewers’ understanding of an author’s essay topic and thus improve the quality of the reviews as well as the reviewer’s own subsequent draft. Student reviewers were randomly assigned either to an original-feedback condition, wh...

Various studies advocate training students prior to a peer-feedback activity ensure high quality of feedback. Next investing in students’ skills, it is important focus on the underlying perceptions since influence learning behavior. We implemented an online session massive open course and examined focusing their willingness, perceived usefulness, preparedness, general attitude; experience its r...