caa a22 4500 44582929X CHVBK 20180317145309.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10639-009-9116-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10639-009-9116-x Students' communicative behavior adaptability in CSCL environments [Elektronische Daten] [Babak Abedin, Farhad Daneshgar, John D'Ambra] By the proliferation of online courses, the social dimension of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is becoming more important than before. Research shows that communicative behavior adaptation to the computer medium is a critical issue in CSCL social relationship development. Two dominant theories in the CSCL field, social information processing theory and adaptive structuration theory, argue that individuals do not simply receive the technology passively but they adapt their behavior to increase benefits from the technology. This paper develops an instrument in order to operationalize the notion of individual's communicative behavior adaptability in CSCL. Through an exploratory factor analysis performed on a small sample of post graduate students of an online degree in an Australian university, three factors have been unveiled: (1) individual perception of self-representation, (2) individual perception of compatibility, and (3) individual perception of the use of computer technology. Identification of these factors is expected to facilitate understanding of individuals' social behaviors in CSCL environment, which in turn will guide the design of CSCL systems. In addition, the paper examines the relationships between the extracted factors and four environmental factors: learner's characteristics, course characteristics, instructor characteristics, and technology characteristics. The results show that none of these characteristics strongly affect perception of self-representation or perception of the use of computer technology. On the other hand, a strong relationship was found between perception of compatibility and learner's and course characteristics. The reliability as well as validity of the study is examined and findings are discussed. These findings will provide further insights into the design process of CSCL systems. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Communicative behavior adaptability nationallicence Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) nationallicence Online social behaviors nationallicence Social information processing theory nationallicence Abedin Babak Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, 2109, Sydney, Australia aut Daneshgar Farhad Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, Australia aut D'Ambra John Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, Australia aut Education and Information Technologies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/3(2011-09-01), 227-244 1360-2357 16:3<227 2011 16 10639 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-009-9116-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-009-9116-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abedin Babak Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, 2109, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Daneshgar Farhad Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- D'Ambra John Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Education and Information Technologies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/3(2011-09-01), 227-244 1360-2357 16:3<227 2011 16 10639 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer