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Title:
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SOCIAL STRATEGIES AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT IN DISCOURSE FOR E-LEARNING |
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Author(s):
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S. A. Walker |
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ISBN:
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972-9027-53-6 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2004 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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Group development, group roles, synchronous CMC. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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251 |
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Last Page:
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258 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper examines the way that young people participating in an e-learning environment create social space to build an
effective community for learning. Interactions are analysed to determine the process of group development and to
explore the strategies that students use in order to establish roles and relationships. The process of group development is
compared to Tuckmans (1965) model of forming, storming norming and performing. The analysis shows that
Tuckmans model remains valid for groups which work through the medium of synchronous computer-mediated
communication and that much of the discourse that appears to be off-task is important in building social relationships and
thus in facilitating the successful development of the group. |
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