Patterns of Interaction in a Computer Conference Transcript

dc.creator	Patrick J. Fahy
dc.creator	Gail Crawford
dc.creator	Mohamed Ally
dc.date	2001-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:24:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:24:22Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/89507f80810e4fb1911d650480a908dd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29908
dc.description	An analysis of the interaction patterns in an online conference from a distance education graduate course was conducted, using an approach that focused on the transcript's interactional and structural features. A new tool for transcript analysis, the TAT (Transcript Analysis Tool), was used to analyze interactional features, while structural elements suggested by social network theory were examined. Analysis of the patterns of interaction in the conference showed interaction was variable, and that while all participants were engaged, intensity and persistence of participation were unequal among individual participants in several ways. The TAT showed the proportions of five major types of sentences in the transcript, corresponding to different modes of interaction (questions, statements, reflections, engaging comments, and quotations/citations). The findings showed that the TAT seemed to relate usefully to other work in this area, and that social network principles were valuable in the analysis of conference interaction.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/36/73
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2001)
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	transcript analysis
dc.subject	TAT
dc.subject	interaction patterns
dc.subject	online conference
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Patterns of Interaction in a Computer Conference Transcript
dc.type	article