Essential Elements in Designing Online Discussions to Promote Cognitive Presence – a Practical Experience
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Online discussions have been increasingly integrated into face-to-face classes at universities to enhance student learning of course content. The primary focus of past research has been on the end products of online discussions. Studies reported either successful findings or results that fell short of desired learning outcomes. An in-depth investigation is needed about how the design of online discussions is related to success. This paper reports our experiences in conducting a three-phase, design-based study: (1) designing the online discussion activity; (2) implementing our design in a university course; (3) empirically investigating our design.
Source: Online Learning
Authors: Yu-mei Wang, Victor Der-Thanq Chen
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W42622742