Does Small-Group Collaboration Increase the Number of Substantive Postings in Asynchronous Discussion Forums?

Maximal Phrases Based Analysis for Prototyping Online Discussion Forums Postings

Chat texts produced in an educational environment are categorized and rated for the purpose of positioning (or placement) of the learner with respect to a learning program (appropriate courses, textbooks, etc). The difficulty lies in the fact that the texts are short and informal. A standard LSA/vector-space model is therefore combined with techniques appropriate for short texts. The approach u...

Interaction in asynchronous discussion forums: peer facilitation techniques

Peer facilitation is proposed as a solution to counter limited interaction in asynchronous online discussions. However, there is a lack of empirical research on online peer facilitation. This study identifies, through cross-case comparison of two graduate-level blended courses attended by Asian Pacific students, the actual peer facilitation techniques that could encourage online interaction. An...

Students' Learning in Asynchronous Discussion Forums: A Meta-Analysis

Critical Thinking and Socratic Questioning in Asynchronous Mathematics Discussion Forums

The study was an attempt to measure critical thinking in two asynchronous discussion forums in an engineering mathematics unit. The Socratic questioning technique was the moderation strategy employed in the forums. The participants of the study were 60 undergraduates from Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, enrolled in a mathematics course. Quantitative and qualitative data were...

Asynchronous Discussion Forums: Success Factors, Outcomes, Assessments, and Limitations

Online learning has been burgeoning over the past decade with one of the more popular modes of conducting online learning being the asynchronous online courses. Within the asynchronous online course, the asynchronous discussion forum replaces the face-to-face interaction of the traditional classroom, but is this form of discussion able to enhance the learning process? This paper reviews the lit...