This scoping review summarizes studies on passive participation in collaborative online learning activities that used computer-mediated communication tools school settings. A total of 42 articles spanning about 20 years were explored. ERIC and three main journal indexes from Web Science to locate articles. For each year searched, there only one five investigated participation, indicating not ma...

This paper presents early results from using an asynchronous web-based discussion forum coupled with an integrated student peer rating system as one component of an Information Technology course taught in large section format. The potential for asynchronous discussions to enhance student participation and learner outcomes has previously been established (Anderson & Elloumi, 2004, Corich et al.,...

Abstract The following paper presents two stages of an action research project involving two oral proficiency courses held in the virtual world Second Life. Course 1 was conducted during the Autumn of 2007. Based on the experiences of this course, we redesigned many aspects of it in order to improve student activity in terms of oral participation and gave the course again in Spring 2008. By ana...

Investigating the “knowing”, a module of the KARDS model proposed by Kumaravadivelu (2012) for teacher education, of Iranian teachers of learner autonomy, this study is an attempt to illuminate some of the yet unexplored areas of teachers’ various types of knowledge of learner autonomy. Furthermore, it attempts to illustrate how Iranian Non-EFL teachers’ knowing affects their practices with reg...

This study examines how Melody, a Korean transnational girl in the US, participates in high school AP (Advanced Placement) biology class, engages in identity work, and learns science. Melody was a daughter of a gireogi family (a transnational family separated for educational purposes), living with her mother and brother in the US. The recent increase of transnational educational migration among...

this paper examines the theoretical rationales and practical aspects of task-based language teaching (tblt) with particular reference to research findings in efl/esl contexts. the definitional scope of the term ‘task’, polarizations in terms of task vs. non-task, and its relation to different language teaching approaches have engendered conceptual and methodological ambiguities.  moreover, fact...

Classroom management is an essential element of the teaching and learning process which determines quality instruction. This research aims to investigate elements classroom can be effectively applied in EFL classrooms. study a review study, where data were collected from 43 previously published materials, restricted books, dissertations, articles academic journal. The analysed using condensatio...

this study investigated the effect of applying the dynamic system theory (dst) and cognitive linguistics (cl) insights into grammar instruction on efl learners’ learning of english prepositions and learner autonomy. sixty iranian efl learners at the lower-intermediate level of language proficiency were randomly assigned to 1 experimental and 1 control group. the 2 groups filled out an autonomy ...