Courses without pre-defined forum tasks or assessment-driven activity had forums with low posting activity¶
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q2 i? Courses lacking pre-defined pedagogical tasks or assessment-driven forum activity showed low posting activity. → 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
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Contextualization of PCA posting indicators using qualitative notes on instructors' forum task designs across the twenty courses. In some of these courses, "instructors set up discussion spaces without accompanying tasks."
"These courses without pre-defined peda- gogical tasks or assessment-driven activity had forums with low posting activity."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- A small-scale pilot study explored the impact of a variety of roles on discussion-forum interaction across participative, social, cognitive, and teaching dimensions — related
- Students whose beliefs aligned with knowledge building showed more productive participation patterns on Knowledge Forum — related
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Courses without pre-defined forum tasks or assessment-driven activity had forums with low posting activity |
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Courses without pre-defined forum tasks or assessment-driven activity had forums with low posting activity |
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