BRIEF AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES (2009)
Dezhi Wu, Michael Bieber, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Pennsylvania. His research has been strongly funded throughout his career by NSF, and involves making learning more effective and concerns hypermedia, digital libraries, educational research,...
Dezhi Wu, Michael Bieber, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Can we improve the examination process, making it more enjoyable and increasing perceived learning? The participatory exam process provides opportunities for students to learn from creating, reading,...
As major activities in distance learning courses, online discussions play an important role in student learning. Currently, both asynchronous learning courses and some primarily face-to-face courses...
Marilyn “mantei Tremaine, Ra Sarcevic, Dezhi Wu, Maria C. Velez, Allan Krebs, Ivan Marsic
Because today’s workforce is highly mobile, small wireless devices are being used to support mobile work collaboration. However, do computer platform differences affect such collaborations? This...
PLA: Participatory Learning Approach (2008)
Jia Shen, Dezhi Wu, Vikas Achhpiliya, Michael Bieber, Roxanne Hiltz
The Participatory Learning Approach (PLA, pronounced “play”) engages students as active participants in the full life cycle of homework, projects and examination. PLA’s core idea is that...
Participatory Learning Approach: A Research Agenda (2008)
Jia Shen, Dezhi Wu, Vikas Achhpiliya, Michael Bieber, Roxanne Hiltz
Version 1.0- 6/10/04 The Participatory Learning Approach (PLA, pronounced “play”) engages students as active participants in the full life cycle of homework, projects and examination. PLA’s...
Participatory Learning Approach: An Overview (2008)
Jia Shen, Dezhi Wu, Vikas Achhpiliya, Michael Bieber, Roxanne Hiltz
The Participatory Learning Approach (PLA, pronounced “play”) engages students as active participants in the full life cycle of homework, projects and examination. PLA’s core idea is that...
Dezhi Wu, Michael Bieber, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Can we improve the examination process, making it more enjoyable and increasing perceived learning? The participatory exam process provides opportunities for students to learn from creating, reading,...
Marilyn “mantei Tremaine, Ra Sarcevic, Dezhi Wu, Maria C. Velez, Allan Krebs, Ivan Marsic
Because today’s workforce is highly mobile, small wireless devices are being used to support mobile work collaboration. However, do computer platform differences affect such collaborations? This...
Participatory Learning Approach (2008)
Michael Bieber, Jia Shen, Dezhi Wu, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
The Participatory Learning Approach (PLA, pronounced “play”) engages students as active participants in the full life cycle of homework, projects, and examination. PLA’s core idea is that...
An Exploration of Information-seeking Behavior in Emergency Management (2003)
Qing Gu, David Mendonça, Dezhi Wu
Groups in risky, time-constrained situations may be confronted with problems that cannot be solved by following predefined procedures. This study explores the impact of various factors on group...