ERIC Number: EJ1159729
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Mar
Pages: 20
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ISSN: EISSN-1541-5015
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An Expert Instructor's Use of Social Congruence, Cognitive Congruence, and Expertise in an Online Case-Based Instructional Design Course
Watson, Sunnie Lee; Koehler, Adrie A.; Ertmer, Peggy; Kim, WooRi; Rico, Rudy
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, v12 n1 Article 3 Mar 2018
Promoting and sustaining effective discussion--that which contributes to learning--is a skill that eludes many instructors (Darling-Hammond, 2008; Ge, Yamashiro, & Lee, 2000). This study explored the role and strategies of an expert instructor in an online advanced instructional design (ID) course that utilized a case-based learning (CBL) approach. Discussion posts, as well as interview data, were analyzed and coded to explore how the instructor utilized three strategies noted as being critical to students' learning during problem-centered discussions: social congruence, cognitive congruence, and content expertise (Schmidt & Moust, 1995; Yew & Yong, 2014). Results showed that facilitation choices were made with course goals in mind: modeling the case analysis process and improving students' ID problem solving. All three strategies were used frequently during discussion facilitation. Strategies tended to be implemented in clusters, with social congruence strategies appearing in every post but four. Implications are discussed for utilizing a combination of these facilitation strategies, in a dynamic manner, within a case-based context.
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Interviews, Online Courses, Advanced Courses, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Course Content, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Management Systems, Computer Science Education, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, College Faculty, Interpersonal Competence, Teacher Student Relationship, Schemata (Cognition), Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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