Students' postings of personal experiences in discussion forums support, rather than undermine, knowledge building¶

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q2 i? Arvaja's case study of online discussion found that students' postings of personal experiences helped them make sense of difficult philosophical texts, suggesting such postings should be viewed as a resource rather than as off-topic interference. → Gerry Stahl 2012

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Gerry Stahl 2012¶

Gerry Stahl. (2012). Ethnomethodologically informed. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 7:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-012-9142-3

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In his editorial summary, Stahl reports Arvaja's case study showing students made sense of difficult philosophy by connecting it to their own and peers' past experiences, using methods such as applying, supporting or forming conceptions, and critiquing —countering common coding schemes that code personal experience postings as off topic.

"In this paper, we see how students discussing philosophic texts that are hard to understand succeed in making sense of the various philosophic positions by connecting them to their own or their peers' past experiences, which they already understand."

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