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Record W1823520154 · doi:10.21432/t2kg6c

Online synchronous communication in the second-language classroom

2010· article· en· W1823520154 on OpenAlexaffvenueabout
Elizabeth Murphy

Bibliographic record

VenueCanadian Journal of Learning and Technology · 2010
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Canadian institutionsMemorial University of Newfoundland
Fundersnot available
KeywordsLigneComputer-mediated communicationPsychologyCategorizationAudio equipmentPedagogyMathematics educationHumanitiesComputer scienceThe InternetWorld Wide WebEngineeringArt

Abstract

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Abstract: The study reported on in this paper used a framework of benefits, challenges and solutions to categorize data from a design experiment using synchronous online communication for learning French as a second language (FSL). Participants were 92 Grade 6, FSL students and four teachers from urban and rural areas of Newfoundland, Canada. Data collection relied on online observation, teachers’ use of blogs and an online discussion forum, face-to-face planning and reflection meetings for teachers as well as interviews with all participants. Benefits included independence and peer-learning; authenticity and motivation; anonymity and confidence; enhanced self-esteem. Challenges related to teacher multi-tasking; poor sound quality; technical problems; momentum; grouping; scheduling. Solutions included use of student moderators; audio tutorials and direct messaging; activity tutorials; technical support and capacity building. The categories and their subcategories were grouped into two themes of positive affect and student-centered learning. Résumé : L’étude décrite dans le présent article a utilisé un cadre prenant en considération les bénéfices, les défis et les solutions afin de classer les données d’un dispositif expérimental utilisant la communication synchrone en ligne pour l’apprentissage du français langue seconde (FLS). Les participants étaient 92 élèves en FLS de sixième année et quatre enseignants de milieux urbains et ruraux de Terre-Neuve, Canada. La collecte des données s’est fondée sur l’observation en ligne, l’utilisation de cybercarnets et d’un forum de discussion en ligne par les enseignants, la planification en face-à-face et des réunions de réflexion pour les enseignants, ainsi que des entrevues avec tous les participants. Les bénéfices comprenaient : l’indépendance et l’apprentissage entre pairs; l’authenticité et la motivation; l’anonymat et la confiance; l’amélioration de l’estime de soi. Les défis se rapportaient à : la multiplicité des tâches incombant aux enseignants; la mauvaise qualité sonore; les problèmes techniques; la dynamique; le regroupement; la planification. Les solutions incluaient : l’utilisation d’élèves à titre de modérateurs; les tutoriels audio et la messagerie directe; le renforcement des capacités; les tutoriels d’activités. Les catégories et leurs sous-catégories ont été regroupées en deux thèmes, soit l’affect positif et l’apprentissage centré sur l’élève.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.005
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.011
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.028

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0050.011
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0020.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.002
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0010.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.010
GPT teacher head0.232
Teacher spread0.223 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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