A Web-based Collaborative Learning Community System based on the Trust-Network Mechanism

• Main Authors: Li-Ching Huang, 黃俐菁
• Other Authors: Ho-Chuan Huang
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43375091057859142395

碩士 === 國立高雄應用科技大學 === 資訊管理系 === 98 === Education is a fundamental resource for human learning, and instructors play important role in helping learners improve their learning performance. Cooperative learning is one of strategies used to assist learners' learning, but the approach of traditional cooperative learning did not consider completely the needs of learners for the group formation. As a result, it might raise barriers to cooperative learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to construct a dynamic group mechanism based on trust networks and knowledge capabilities of learners. The concept, Friend of a Friend, is used to grasp the degree of trusted friends in learners’ trust networks. In addition, knowledge capabilities of learners are considered as the basic requirements for the group formation. The course, object-oriented programming, has been used in this study as the topic of cooperative learning. The participants in the experiment were first-year undergraduate students who are divided into the experimental group and control group. The results showed that the experimental group with the dynamic grouping mechanism has better performance than the control group in term of learning performance and sense of group identity. The results also showed that the approach proposed this study can improve the quality of knowledge-sharing and learning performance.