USING COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION TOOLS ON AN E-LEARNING PORTAL

Julija Lapuh Bele
B2 Vocational College


Joze Rugelj
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia

Our research focused on collaborative learning using chat rooms and forums integrated in an LMS system. We investigated which tools were selected by students for different communication and collaboration activities and how often they were used. Like in the traditional classroom, students using LMS do not communicate very often. If the teacher does not specifically foster communication or collaboration, students generally do not participate in such activities. Themes and posts in forums are mostly used in assignments. Surprisingly, students prefer to ask questions about course activities or to participate in peer discussions in chat rooms rather than in forums.

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