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Kew, Si Na; Tasir, Zaidatun – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
Discussion forums provide students with accessible platforms for group discussions in e-learning environments. They also help lecturers to track and check student discussions. To improve student learning, it is important for lecturers to identify students' cognitive engagement in discussion forums. Therefore, this study aims to investigate…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Discussion Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Ghadirian, Hajar; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd; Bakar, Kamariah Binti Abu; Hassanzadeh, Maryam – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This study presents a case study of asynchronous online discussions' (AOD) growth patterns in an undergraduate blended course to address the gap in our current understanding of how threads are developed in peer-moderated AODs. Building on a taxonomy of thread pattern proposed by Chan, Hew and Cheung (2009), growth patterns of thirty-six forums…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Blended Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ghadirian, Hajar; Salehi, Keyvan; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2018
Peer moderation has been used as a beneficial strategy in asynchronous online discussions to assist student learning performance. However, most studies in peer-moderated asynchronous online discussions (PMAOD) have focused only on learning effectiveness and perceptions of students rather than on students' knowledge dimensions and cognitive…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Cognitive Processes, Behavior Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication
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Tan, Kok-Eng – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The online discussion forum (ODF) is one of the many online interactive tools used for educational purposes. This paper discusses a study in a Malaysian university that examined the ODF interactions of students completing an assignment on paraphrasing. A class of 43 English as a Second Language (ESL) students enrolled in a writing course were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, College Students
Tan, Cheng Lee; Ng, Lee Luan – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Critical thinking has increasingly been seen as one of the important attributes where human capital is concerned and in line with this recognition, the tertiary educational institutions worldwide are putting more effort into designing courses that produce university leavers who are critical thinkers. This study aims to investigate the critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Graduate Students, Discussion Groups
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Heng, Lee Ling; Surif, Johari; Seng, Cher Hau – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The practices of argumentation have recently been upheld as an important need to develop students' understanding of scientific concepts. However, the present education system in Malaysia is still largely examination-based and teacher-oriented. Thus, this study aims to examine the mastery level of scientific argumentation and its scheme among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Persuasive Discourse
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Wu, Yen-Chun Jim; Shen, Ju-Peng; Kuo, Tsuang – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the holistic picture of sustainability curricula in Asian higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis was conducted based on Asian management education for sustainability in higher education. Online courses arrangement, teaching methods, instructors' educational background and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Content Analysis, Administrator Education
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Wee, Mee-Chin; Abrizah, A.; Por, Lip Yee – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
A CMI-based online forum is designed to address the need for a system to manage students' online participation. The proposed system may reduce the time required to manage online participation. The system was evaluated by a total of 64 students enrolled in an academic semester. The evaluation has two objectives. The first was to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discussion, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software