A comparison study of group development, and rate, amount and depth of participation by gender, status and personality in a hybrid, face to face/online, course
Year: 2001
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Although much research has been devoted to comparing discourse from computer-mediatedcommunication (CMC) to that o f face-to-face (FTF) communication, few studies compare discourse from both environments in a repeated measures study in which tlie same population participates in both environrnents.Courses that offer both FTF and CMC components are known as hybrid courses.Hybrid courses offer a unique opportunity for researchers to compare discourse in both environments by holding constant population, instructor and subject matter.The present study compares the communication of 19 graduate students in a hybrid course on the rate, amount and depth of communication by gender and personality.Results show: (i) Social communication is greater in a FTF environrnent.(ii)Participants submit fewer turns in CMC, but each turn is deeper than that seen in a FTF environment.(iii) Women and men participate equally in both environments (iv) CMC does not decrease tlie amount of participation contributed by dominant members (v) Introverts participate more in a CMC environment than in a FTF environrnent, but d o not state a preference for the addition o f a CMC component.1 would like to thank Dr. Starr Roxanne Hiltz from the New jersey Institute of Technology and Dr. Lewis Goldberg from the Oregon Research Institute for graciously allowing me to reproduce their scales in their entirety in the appendices of this study.On a more personal note, 1
Author: Linda Ann Murphy-Boyer
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2759188992