Content analysis found comparable evidence of cognitive engagement across all three modalities, with forums having the most instances¶
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q2 i? Cognitive engagement instances were comparable across modalities: forums n = 74, Zoom n = 73, Discord n = 67. → Duncan Culbreth · Florence Martin 2025
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Duncan Culbreth · Florence Martin 2025¶
Duncan Culbreth · Florence Martin. (2025). Exploring the role of synchrony in asynchronous, synchronous, and quasi-synchronous online learner engagement. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10504-y
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Content analysis of weekly reflective essays and modality reflections for evidence of "the mental energy exerted toward productive involvement with course learning activities"; instance counts were printed per modality.
"Overall, content analysis revealed that there was comparable evidence for cognitive engagement across all three modalities, although forums had the most instances (n = 74), followed by Zoom (n = 73), then Discord (n = 67)."
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Related Claims¶
- Several students voluntarily used Zoom's recording and transcription features asynchronously after the live debate to support cognitive engagement — related
- Affectively, the quasi-synchronous Discord modality showed the most positive and least negative sentiment profile of the three modalities — related
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Content analysis found comparable evidence of cognitive engagement across all three modalities, with forums having the most instances |
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Content analysis found comparable evidence of cognitive engagement across all three modalities, with forums having the most instances |
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