Alleviating the Negative Effect of Up and Downvoting on Help Seeking in MOOC Discussion Forums
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Through the lens of Expectancy Value Theory, we examine the effect of help giver badges, information about helper expertise, and upand downvoting on help seeking in a MOOC discussion forum. Results show that badges alleviated the negative impact on help seeking introduced by upand downvoting.
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