It seems integrated level could be supported easily in Web based teaching and learning environment through the Discussion Board facility due to the
nature of virtual environment.
1.29.1.5.4. Co-operative goals
The lecturer also supported cooperative goal through giving teams assignment in this collaborative learning such as an authentic task, which will be discussed in
section on task ownership category below. As a team, they had the same goal to provide a solution for the assignments considering that the goal allowed the members
to cooperate. This goal will also be discussed in the discursive level in Laurillards
1993 framework in section on teacher support category below. The lecturer might support students to understand cooperative goal
through giving a team assignment, which supports the members to cooperate in collaborative learning.
1.29.1.5.5. Interdependent task
Most of the students noted that they could ask for help from the fellow students or the lecturers and complement each other in Web based teaching and
learning environment P10A1, P10B1, P15B1, P17C2. One of the students noted that what they could be well achieved was the discussion P12B1, P26B1. The other
noted that this virtual environment could add his knowledge, as there was discussion partners P25B2.
It seems that Web based teaching and learning technology provides an environment to support interdependent task, which is considered to be very
important to achieve successful collaboration learning. 1.29.1.5.6.
Concrete result
In this module, a group assignment was given to design a database for a simple Web based Hospital Information Systems. This assignment was perceived to
improve students understanding in database design P19A2.
It seems there was some experiences gained from authentic task, which was considered as valuable result.
1.29.1.5.7. Multiple media
In this Web-based teaching and learning technology, the Discussion Board facilitated the students to give opinion and to make comment of the other opinion and
also to record our discussion in asynchronous methods and it was perceived useful to shared result P16A1, P16D1.
The history discussion record provided in the Discussion Board facility may be perceived useful to follow discussion and shared result.
1.29.1.5.8. Boundary-Crossing Interaction
