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Exploring the Relationships between Students' Network Characteristics, Discussion Topics and Learning Outcomes in a Course Discussion Forum
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Liu, Sannyuya; Kang, Lingyun; Liu, Zhi; Zhao, Liang; Yang, Zongkai; Su, Zhu – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2023
Understanding the relationship between interactive behaviours and discourse content has critical implications for instructors' design and facilitation of collaborative discussion activities in the online discussion forum (ODF). This paper adopts social network analysis (SNA) and epistemic network analysis (ENA) methods to jointly investigate the…
Descriptors: Discussion, Electronic Learning, Outcomes of Education, Interaction
Using Learning Analytics to Explore Peer Learning Patterns in Asynchronous Gamified Environments
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Jewoong Moon; Laura McNeill; Christopher Thomas Edmonds; Seyyed Kazem Banihashem; Omid Noroozi – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
This study explored the dynamics of students' knowledge co-construction in an asynchronous gamified environment in higher education, focusing on peer discussions in college business courses. Utilizing epistemic network analysis, sequence pattern mining, and automated coding, we analyzed the interactions of 1,319 business students. Our findings…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Cooperative Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Gamification
The Effect of Centralization and Cohesion on the Social Construction of Knowledge in Discussion Forums
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Tirado, Ramón; Hernando, Ángel; Aguaded, José Ignacio – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Collaborative Learning Processes in an Asynchronous Environment: An Analysis through Discourse and Social Networks
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Tirado, Ramon; Aguaded, Ignacio; Hernando, Angel – Online Submission, 2011
This article analyses an experience in collaborative learning in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums on a WebCt platform of the University of Huelva's virtual campus, and was part of an innovative teaching project in 2007-08. The main objectives are to describe the processes of collaborative knowledge construction and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion
The Effect of Centralization and Cohesion on the Social Construction of Knowledge in Discussion Forums
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Tirado, Ramon; Hernando, Angel; Aguaded, Jose Ignacio – Online Submission, 2012
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction