Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This mixed-methods study explored the extent to which parity of professional experience between pairs of adult learners modulates the sophistication of co-constructed knowledge. The study was conducted during a semester-length online, graduate-level, educational leadership course in a large southern university. Student assignments were designed to foster engagement and scaffolded to focus on application of prior professional experience. The interaction analysis model (Gunawardena et al., 1997) was used to measure levels of knowledge construction, while self-report surveys were used to measure experience levels. Results suggest a relatively minor relationship between these variables, but the student learning activities yielded consistently high levels of knowledge construction.
Authors: James Slear, Ellen H. Reames
Institutions: Air University, Air University, Auburn University
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7122464173