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Article: Examining facilitators' habits of mind in an asynchronous online discussion environment: A two cases study
Title | Examining facilitators' habits of mind in an asynchronous online discussion environment: A two cases study |
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Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | ASCILITE. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet.html |
Citation | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010, v. 26 n. 1, p. 123-132 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Asynchronous online discussion has been widely used by faculty members and students in schools and universities. Previous research has examined how factors such as the discussion activity, knowledge about the discussion topic, and the behaviour of other participants can affect learner participation. This study explored student facilitators' influence in promoting learners' participation in terms of their exhibited habits of mind. The following habits of mind of the facilitators were examined: (a) awareness of own thinking, (b) accurate and seeks accuracy, (c) open minded, (d) taking a position when the situation warrants it, and (e) sensitive to other. A two-cases study methodology approach was used in this study. The habits of "awareness of own thinking" and "open minded" were found to be exhibited more often by the student facilitators in the two cases. When we zoomed into the top 30% of the forums in terms of learners' participation, we also found that the frequency of habits of mind, "awareness of own thinking" and "open minded", were exhibited more often by the facilitators. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194282 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.000 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheung, WS | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hew, KF | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-30T03:32:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-30T03:32:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010, v. 26 n. 1, p. 123-132 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1449-5554 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194282 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Asynchronous online discussion has been widely used by faculty members and students in schools and universities. Previous research has examined how factors such as the discussion activity, knowledge about the discussion topic, and the behaviour of other participants can affect learner participation. This study explored student facilitators' influence in promoting learners' participation in terms of their exhibited habits of mind. The following habits of mind of the facilitators were examined: (a) awareness of own thinking, (b) accurate and seeks accuracy, (c) open minded, (d) taking a position when the situation warrants it, and (e) sensitive to other. A two-cases study methodology approach was used in this study. The habits of "awareness of own thinking" and "open minded" were found to be exhibited more often by the student facilitators in the two cases. When we zoomed into the top 30% of the forums in terms of learners' participation, we also found that the frequency of habits of mind, "awareness of own thinking" and "open minded", were exhibited more often by the facilitators. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | ASCILITE. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology | - |
dc.title | Examining facilitators' habits of mind in an asynchronous online discussion environment: A two cases study | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-77955804933 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 244652 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 26 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 123 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 132 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1449-3098 | - |