Share Paper: The Nature of Peer-Peer Interaction in Internet-Supported Collaboration: A Case Study in Freshman English Class in Taiwan

  1. Yi Chin Hsieh, Indiana University at Bloomington, IN, United States

Abstract: The prevalence of Internet access in the classroom has created a powerful learning environment. The combination of technology and collaboration is receiving research attention. This study explores learners’ patterns of interaction in an Internet-supported collaborative setting by looking at learners’ interaction with peers and online resources. The participants were 70 freshman students from a national university in Taiwan. They constructed two English essays in pairs in two settings, without Internet and with Internet access. Storch’s (2002a) framework of interaction was used to analyze the interaction data. The findings show how most of the pairs’ collaborative interaction was reinforced by the ...