What makes learning networks effective?
Communications of the ACM - Supporting community and building social capital
The future of e-learning communities
Communications of the ACM - Supporting community and building social capital
How Group Working Was Used to Provide a Constructive Computer-Based Learning Environment
CT '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind
Assessing online collaborative learning: process and product
Computers & Education
Online Collaborative Learning: Have We Overcome the Obstacles?
ICCE '02 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education
An activity-theoretical approach to investigate learners' factors toward e-learning systems
Computers in Human Behavior
Effects of high level prompts and peer assessment on online learners' reflection levels
Computers & Education
The role of academic motivation in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Computers in Human Behavior
A Practical Guide to Problem-Based Learning Online
A Practical Guide to Problem-Based Learning Online
The student experience of a collaborative e-learning university module
Computers & Education
Collaborative knowledge building with wikis: The impact of redundancy and polarity
Computers & Education
Virtual learning communities: success factors and challenges
International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
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As more and more people use computers to complete their work and solve problems in the workplace, computing education is emphasized for students of all levels and disciplines in Taiwan. However, the computing education in Taiwan can hardly be recognized as effective and satisfactory. Many inappropriate examples that lack context are used in teaching and textbooks that may result in employees with low competence and insufficient ability for collaborative working. Students who grow up in this learning context usually lack the ability to seek information and solve problems by themselves. In this regard, the author redesigned a course and adopted online collaborative learning with initiation to establish the essential knowledge for students' collaboration in the initial stage of a course. This study conducted an experiment that included 169 undergraduates from three class sections - the first two from an academic university (Case 1, n=68; Case 2, n=68) and the last one from a university of science and technology (Case 3, n=33) - taught by the same teacher under the same course name and the same course website. The results show that students who received online collaborative learning with initiation had higher grades than those without. The author further discusses the implications for teachers, schools, and scholars who plan to provide online courses for their students, particularly computing courses.