DocumentCode
2012339
Title
The use of instructor´s feedback and grading in enhancing students´ participation in asynchronous online discussion
Author
Yeh, Hsin-Te
Author_Institution
Northern Colorado Univ., Greeley, CO, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
5-8 July 2005
Firstpage
837
Lastpage
839
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of grades and instructor´s feedback in enhancing students´ participation in the asynchronous online discussion on Blackboard. Fifty-five undergraduate students from two sections of the same class were involved in this study. A discussion question was posted on the blackboard discussion board under two different treatments. The result showed that the use of grading students´ performance successfully enhanced students´ participation in the asynchronous online discussion. In addition, the result also indicated a pattern of the students´ participation in the online discussion on blackboard.
Keywords
Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational administrative data processing; asynchronous online discussion; blackboard discussion board; instructor feedback; student participation; Asynchronous communication; Computer aided instruction; Education; Educational technology; IEEE news; Internet; Negative feedback; Web sites;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2338-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICALT.2005.281
Filename
1508831
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