The Relationship between Academic Discipline and Dialogic Behavior in Open University Course Forums

dc.creator	Paul Gorsky
dc.creator	Avner Caspi
dc.creator	Avishai Antonovsky
dc.creator	Ina Blau
dc.creator	Asmahan Mansur
dc.date	2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:54:12Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:54:12Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/7eac23bf18aa46e4a9b71b00cf97dc1b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31548
dc.description	The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between disciplinary difference (exact and natural sciences versus humanities) and the dialogic behavior that occurred in Open University course forums. Dialogic behavior was measured in terms of students’ and instructors’ active participation in the forum (posting a message) as well as amounts and proportions of “teaching presence,” “cognitive presence,” and “social presence.” We found that active participation in the science forums was much higher than in the humanities forums. We also found a ratio among the three presences that was constant across different academic disciplines,as well as across different group sizes and course types.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/820/1546
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2010)
dc.subject	Academic disciplines
dc.subject	disciplinary differences
dc.subject	asynchronous forums
dc.subject	dialogic behavior
dc.subject	community of inquiry model
dc.subject	virtual learning community
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	The Relationship between Academic Discipline and Dialogic Behavior in Open University Course Forums
dc.type	article