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- Title
DISTRACTION, DOMINATION, AND DISCONNECTION IN WHOLE-CLASS, ONLINE DISCUSSIONS.
- Authors
Dooley, Kim E.; Wickersham, Leah E.
- Abstract
Online courses continue to gain popularity at colleges and universities, with a primary tool for demonstrating critical thinking and interaction being the discussion forum. Instructors and students of online courses are faced with the dilemma of sifting through potentially hundreds of postings when all students are placed within a forum. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of critical thinking and interaction present during whole class discussion compared with smaller virtual learning communities based on the Newman, Webb, and Cochrane (1996) indicators. A content analysis of discussion threads revealed that critical thinking was present, although unique communication patterns did emerge.
- Subjects
DISTRACTION; ONLINE education; CURRICULUM; FORUMS; COLLEGE students; EDUCATION research
- Publication
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1528-3518
- Publication type
Article