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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Online discussion"”.
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Developing courseware to support online discussion
… thesis, I designed and implemented an online discussion forum in an attempt to improve student learning. Aided with the help of Professor Jonathon Cummings 15.351 course (Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship), I measured student and peer-to-peer interaction via online …
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Higher-order thinking in synchronous online discussion
… skills in COMP and TCOM students’ synchronous online discussion, where higher-order thinking skills were measured in students’ writing throughout a dynamic process as well as from a final product. Using the revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in English Composition (COMP) and …
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Topic mining and categorization in online discussion forums
Online Forums provide a useful way to engage in discussions about a wide variety of topics, as well as gather custom information for which an exact source may not be available, using a combination of knowledge and human interpretation. Usually forums have categories which cater to a particular …
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Systems for collective human curation of online discussion
The internet was supposed to democratize discussion, allowing people from all walks of life to communicate with each other at scale. However, this vision has not been fully realized--instead online discourse seems to be getting worse, as people are increasingly drowning in discussion, with much of …
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Do Facework Behaviors Matter During Conflicts Among Online Discussion Team Members?
… a. facework behaviors may affect the outcomes of online discussion teams, b. sex may play a role in the relationship between facework behaviors and online discussion outcomes, and c. conflicts among online discussion team members may influence discussion outcomes. This research explores more …
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Structuring asynchronous online discussion groups : the impact of role-supported student facilitation
… role-supported, student-facilitation strategy on online discussions from multiple dimensions: participation, interaction, levels of knowledge construction and cognition, as well as the impact of each role. All 13 graduate students who enrolled in a master's-level online course participated in this …
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Footprints: Participant perspectives informing pedagogy for asynchronous online discussion in initial teacher education
… how students and staff experience asynchronous online discussion (AOD) within initial teacher education. The aim is to explore participant perspectives, including expectations of fellow participants, with a view to informing pedagogy, defined as the relationship between teaching and learning …
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Relationship of Gender, Interaction Type, and College Student Grades in Online Discussion Boards
… through the professor incorporating a web-based discussion board into their instructional repertoire and creating hybrid courses. The conversion from traditionally taught face-to-face courses to hybrid courses can lead to learning problems, as past research has shown that there are differences in …
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COGNITIVE PRESENCE IN PEER FACILITATED ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION: THE PATTERNS AND HOW TO FACILITATE
… in the context of peer-facilitated asynchronous online discussion, explored the characteristics and patterns of students’ cognitive presence, and examined the practices that aim to enhance cognitive presence development. Participants were 53 students from a graduate-level online course that …
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A qualitative analysis of small business owner-managers' participation and learning in an online discussion forum : not quite paradise found
… is on the provision a free, informal, voluntary, online discussion forum (ODF) for SBOMs as an alternative to face-to-face training. The ODF provided an alternative to formal face-to-face training and enabled informal, voluntary, networkbased learning for SBOMs that met their learning preferences …
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THE IMPACT OF ADDING LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM DISCUSSION TO ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION IN A BLENDED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE
Asynchronous discussion board (ADB) is considered to be a key online learning component. Although ADB has become an important teaching method in higher education for blended courses, the literature shows low levels of both the quality and quantity of learner interaction in the discussion boards of …
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… (Rabinowitz, 1985) text during discourse online about a media artifact. The relationships between PSI and interpretation styles were supported in this study demonstrating the overlap of participatory fandom and building relationships with fictional characters.
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… (Rabinowitz, 1985) text during discourse online about a media artifact. The relationships between PSI and interpretation styles were supported in this study demonstrating the overlap of participatory fandom and building relationships with fictional characters.
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Family empowerment: the use of online parent discussion groups following diagnosis of ASD in young children
… research study was to examine the usefulness of online discussion groups for mothers and fathers of young children (prior to the entry in kindergarten) with an autism spectrum disorder. Over a 12 week time period, parents (15 mothers and 7 fathers) participated in gender-divided online discussion …
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n Postmodernistiese verkenning van LitNet se meningsruimte, SêNet, van die tydperk Januarie 1999 tot Oktober 2001
… African website environment: a socioliterary online discussion room reflecting the linguistics, the language and the thought processes of the postmodernism. As webmaster of the SêNet (http://www.mweb.co.zallitnet/senet) website - the online discussion group of the website LitNet …
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A case study of student participation in discussion in an online higher education course
… a mixed method research design to investigate online participation on discussion tasks by students. The research also explored the relationship between online participation and academic performance, and the teacher's role in designing the tasks and providing support for students. Ninety-five …
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High-interactivity radio : using the Internet to enhance community among radio listeners
… listeners to three radio programs, who gather online to discuss radio programming in blogs, message boards and discussion forums provided by those programs. The three programs of focus are Air America Radio's The Majority Report, ABC Radio Networks' Sean Hannity Show, and National Public …
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Understanding test preparation behaviors of TOEFL iBT repeater test takers in China
… test preparation experience in TOEFL-related online discussion forums. In this study, 170 Chinese TOEFL iBT repeaters’ test preparation experience posts were manually collected from a major TOEFL test online discussion forum. The repeaters’ test-taking behaviors, test-preparation strategies, …
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Role of Peer Designed and Moderated Case Studies on Student Motivation in Asynchronous Online Discussions
Asynchronous online discussion is one of the most common methods for course content discussion in online, hybrid and sometimes face to face courses. Learner participation in these discussions has been found to be the key to make this method a success. Therefore, student participation has been one …
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