Twenty online courses cluster into four quadrants of individual participation and interactivity derived from posting-activity indicators¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? PCA of posting indicators positioned the twenty courses within four quadrants of participation and interactivity. → Poquet 2024

Evidence¶

Poquet 2024¶

Poquet, O., Trenholm, S., & Santolini, M. (2024). Forum posts, communication patterns, and relational structures: A multi-level view of discussions in online courses. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10262-9

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Principal component analysis of posting-activity indicators across twenty Moodle courses yielded two components, interpreted as individual participation and interactivity. The article reports the three factors explained "41%, 23%, and 14% of the variance respectively, together describing 78% of variance."

"The courses have varying degree of how much individual participation and interpersonal orientation they elicited in the students, but overall they could be positioned within four quadrants (Fig. 3):"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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