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ERIC Number: EJ669971
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
Sage, Guide, or Ghost? The Effect of Instructor Intervention on Student Participation in Online Discussion Forums.
Mazzolini, Margaret; Maddison, Sarah
Computers & Education, v40 n3 p237-53 Apr 2003
Discusses the role that online instructors should take when facilitating asynchronous discussion forums. Presents a study of an online astronomy program in an Australian university that investigated ways that the rate at which instructors posted and how often the instructors initiated discussions correlated to student posting rates and student survey responses. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Student Surveys, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia