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Jarvela, Sanna – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The editors of this special section have focused on a theme that is both old and new. Research on help seeking has a long history and a strong theory pointing out that help seeking is an important academic strategy of self-regulation that facilitates learning. It is a new topic to consider in the context of broadened learning environments,…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Environment, Research
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Jarvela, Sanna; Jarvenoja, Hanna – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Most of the earlier empirical findings deal with motivation regulation in individual learning situations. This study identifies higher education students' socially constructed motivation regulation in collaborative learning and stresses that regulation of motivation is crucial in socially self-regulated learning because…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Cooperative Learning, Self Management, Group Activities
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Bluemink, Johanna; Jarvela, Sanna – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
This study focuses on investigating the nature of small-group collaborative interaction in a voice-enhanced multiplayer game called "eScape". The aim was to analyse the elements of groups' collaborative discussion and to explore the nature of the players' shared problem solving activity during the solution critical moments in the game. The data…
Descriptors: College Students, Interaction Process Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Simulation
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Jarvela, Sanna; Volet, Simone; Jarvenoja, Hanna – Educational Psychologist, 2010
In this article we propose that in order to advance our understanding of motivation in collaborative learning we should move beyond the cognitive-situative epistemological divide and combine individual and social processes. Our claim is that although recent research has recognized the importance of social aspects in emerging and sustained…
Descriptors: Motivation, Cooperative Learning, Social Influences, Epistemology
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Hamalainen, Raija; Manninen, Tony; Jarvela, Sanna; Hakkinen, Paivi – Internet and Higher Education, 2006
To respond to learning needs, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) must provide instructional support. The particular focus of this paper is on designing collaboration in a 3-D virtual game environment intended to make learning more effective by promoting student opportunities for interaction. The empirical experiment eScape, which…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Games, Educational Environment, Problem Solving
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Laru, Jari; Jarvela, Sanna – Educational Media International, 2008
The aim of this study was to identify social patterns in mobile technology mediated collaboration among distributed members of the professional distance education community. Ten participants worked for 12 weeks designing a master's programme in information sciences. The participants' mobile technology usage activity and interview data were first…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Distance Education, Network Analysis, Cooperation