Research Of Online Research Articles

Who am I Online? Understanding the Meaning of Online Contexts for Identity Development

Research concerning the function of online contexts in adolescents’ everyday lives adds important pieces to the understanding of their identity development. Specifically, online contexts are distinguished from other everyday contexts with regard to the conditions for identity explorations, self-presentations, and social interactions. Understanding the meaning of these aspects of online contexts for identity development is thus an important research area. This review of research of identity online shows that research has so far primarily focused on identity expressions and less on identity development. Conversely, developmental identity research rarely includes online contexts. Thus, there is a gap between research about identity development and research about identity online. This article, therefore, aims to review research on identity online from a developmental perspective and to suggest directions for future research. The reviewed literature was structured around aspects where online contexts have brought about substantially changed conditions for identity development: the opportunities for identity explorations, means for self-presentations, and requisites for social interactions. The conclusions are that research on identity development may further the understanding of adolescents’ online activities and that research on identity development needs to include online contexts to see the whole story of identity development for adolescents today.

Functional components of the model of pedagogical activity of a distance learning teacher

The paper presents a functional-role model of the distance learning (DL) teacher working in the system of distance education technologies (DET). A teacher is regarded as a person possessing multidimensional qualities as this person is to organize, implement, motivate and control intensive purposeful independent cognitive, research and professional practical activity of the students online, i.e. in conditions of practically complete absence of direct communication and personal contact. From the point of view of the role concept, the DL teacher performs a set of roles, from the operator of didactic means to the author of a course. The essence of the major functional components of the teaching activities (functions of the design process of training, support and development of learners, management, control, diagnostic, informative, motivational, organizational, consultative, communicative, reflective) is defined and discussed in the paper.

Etnografie in de virtuele wereld

Ethnography in the virtual world: a methodological struggle (with introduction and debate) Ethnography in the virtual world: a methodological struggle (with introduction and debate) The author discusses problems in the ethnographic study of online, virtual worlds through a presentation of his research of the internet game EVE Online. It attracts many millions of players worldwide, who navigate in a sciencefiction type of environment in which they compete for dominant positions and scarce resources. The author problematizes three aspects of EVE, that are relevant for discussions of ethnography in online, virtual worlds: (1) the place of interaction, (2) the design of the game, and (3) access to the EVE corporations: organisational units in which players collaborate. Based on this, the author advocates a novel methodological approach in the study of online, virtual worlds, which he terms ‘virtual-organisational ethnography’. It combines elements of organization science and Christine Hine’s virtual ethnography, and that presents a step away from classical ethnography. Fred Wester and Joost Beuving present a reply to the article, and the author responds to this.

Research and Design of Online Measuring Temperature Device for Switch Contacts of Switch Cabinet

In order to detect switch contact temperature of high voltage switch cabinet in the operation of the cabinet, this paper puts forward a wireless measurement way to solve the measuring temperature problem of high voltage switch of the switch contact using magnetic field coupling idea. The temperature danger can be achieved in time to reduce switch burn injury. The device is mainly composed of temperature acquisition part and temperature display part. The two parts are connected by wireless data transmission. By test determination, the method is accurate and convenient to measure the temperature of the switch contact and then completely eliminate major accidents caused by switch temperature rise.

Addictive Personality and Cell Phone Usage

Since the invention of the World Wide Web, game boxes, computers, cell phones, numeric pagers and blackberry, loads of information gathering, sharing and high-tech communication have evolved into new social structures known as (ICT) information and communication technology. This technology has been so outstanding that over 3.3 billion people use cell phone and subscribe to (SN) social networks such as MySpace, Twitter, and FaceBook rather than “face-to-face” (Massimini & Peterson, 2009) interaction as a source of control. Research of online “social networks” (Massimini & Peterson, 2009) show a correlation between excessive ICT use and unhealthy lifestyles with addictive personality disorder from “media overload.”

Exploring causal relationships among teaching, cognitive and social presence: Student perceptions of the community of inquiry framework

The causal relationships among the three presences in the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework are explored and tested in this paper. The CoI framework has been used extensively in the research and practice of online and blended learning contexts. With the development of a survey instrument based on the CoI framework, it is possible to test the hypothesized causal relationships that teaching and social presence have a significant perceived influence on cognitive presence and that teaching presence is perceived to influence social presence. The results of this study confirm the factor structure of the CoI survey and the hypothesized causal relationships among the presences predicted by the CoI framework. These results point to the key role of teaching presence in establishing and sustaining a community of inquiry. Further research is called for to explore the dynamic relationships among the presences across disciplines and institutions as well as understand the existence and role of the specific sub-elements (categories) of each presence.

Research in online and blended learning in the business disciplines: Key findings and possible future directions

In this literature review, we examine and assess the state of research of online and blended learning in the business disciplines with the intent of assessing the state of the field and identifying opportunities for meaningful future research. We review research from business disciplines such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems (IS), Management, Marketing, and Operations/Supply Chain Management. We found that the volume and quality of research in online and blended business education has increased dramatically during the past decade. However, the rate of progress is somewhat uneven across disciplines. IS, Management, and multi-disciplinary studies have the highest volumes of research activity, with markedly less activity in Finance and Economics. Furthermore, scholars of online and blended business education predominantly publish in learning and education journals of the business disciplines rather than also publishing in journals that focus on technology-mediated learning, thereby missing an opportunity to inform scholars in other disciplines about their work. The most common research streams across disciplines were outcome comparison studies with classroom-based learning and studies examining potential predictors of course outcomes. Results from the comparison studies suggest generally that online courses are at least comparable to classroom-based courses in achieving desired learning outcomes, while there is divergence in findings of comparisons of other course aspects. Collectively, the range of untested conceptual frameworks, the lack of discipline-specific theories, and the relative absence of a critical mass of researchers focused on the topic suggest ample opportunities for business scholars seeking to enter this research community.

Attitudinal and Behavioral Pathways of Deviance in Online Gaming

Using data gathered from a qualitative study of a popular online game, this analysis considers the relationship between online deviance and real deviance, as well as the relationship between social control in the online setting and its subsequent impact on real world beliefs and behaviors. Findings suggest that three pathways of connectivity prevail in the current setting. Each pathway has in common the role of a transition block that promotes the idea of the online community representing “just a game.” The nature of varied interpretations of this concept and their implications are discussed. Implications drawn from findings include proposed further research of online and offline behavioral connectivity, as well as an integration of social control research into existing studies of gaming influence on deviant and criminal behaviors. The importance of the online subculture as a unit deserving of criminological study is discussed.

96/04489 Analysis of the morphology and distribution of nitrogen-containing compounds in heavy oil — Research of online coupled high performance liquid chromatograpgy/gas chromatograpgy method

96/04489 Analysis of the morphology and distribution of nitrogen-containing compounds in heavy oil — Research of online coupled high performance liquid chromatograpgy/gas chromatograpgy method