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Article: Attracting student participation in asynchronous online discussions: A case study of peer facilitation
Title | Attracting student participation in asynchronous online discussions: A case study of peer facilitation |
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Keywords | Computer-mediated communication Pedagogical issues |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Citation | Computers and Education, 2008, v. 51 n. 3, p. 1111-1124 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Previous research studies on how to promote student participation in asynchronous online discussions have largely focused on the role of the instructor or tutor as facilitators. Not many investigated student facilitation. This article reports a qualitative study examining the facilitation techniques used by student facilitators to attract their course mates to participate in asynchronous online discussions. Data were collected from the students' reflection logs and students' online postings. To explore the extent to which student participation in an online discussion forum is successful, we looked at the depth of discussion threads. We deemed a student facilitator to have successfully attracted other students to participant if the discussion threads had a depth of six or more levels of students' postings. We then examined in detail and reported the facilitation techniques that were exhibited by the student facilitators. Results showed that seven facilitation techniques were employed; the most frequently used were Socratic questioning and sharing personal opinions or experiences. We end by exploring potential implications for practice and for future research. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194218 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 8.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.651 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Hew, KF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, WS | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-30T03:32:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-30T03:32:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Computers and Education, 2008, v. 51 n. 3, p. 1111-1124 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0360-1315 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194218 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Previous research studies on how to promote student participation in asynchronous online discussions have largely focused on the role of the instructor or tutor as facilitators. Not many investigated student facilitation. This article reports a qualitative study examining the facilitation techniques used by student facilitators to attract their course mates to participate in asynchronous online discussions. Data were collected from the students' reflection logs and students' online postings. To explore the extent to which student participation in an online discussion forum is successful, we looked at the depth of discussion threads. We deemed a student facilitator to have successfully attracted other students to participant if the discussion threads had a depth of six or more levels of students' postings. We then examined in detail and reported the facilitation techniques that were exhibited by the student facilitators. Results showed that seven facilitation techniques were employed; the most frequently used were Socratic questioning and sharing personal opinions or experiences. We end by exploring potential implications for practice and for future research. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Computers and Education | - |
dc.subject | Computer-mediated communication | - |
dc.subject | Pedagogical issues | - |
dc.title | Attracting student participation in asynchronous online discussions: A case study of peer facilitation | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.11.002 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-48549086483 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 244781 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 51 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1111 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1124 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000258024000010 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0360-1315 | - |