A Peek into the Life of Online Learning Discussion Forums: Implications for Web-Based Distance Learning

dc.creator	Mary Allan
dc.date	2004-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:26Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fe05334b51e547ee9541de1467774663
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9759
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/fe05334b51e547ee9541de1467774663
dc.description	Supporting quality learning in online discussion forums is an intricate task, particularly for e-tutors aspiring to facilitate vigorous interactive learning environments. I argue that the key to successful online discussion forums is the ability of e-tutors to provide learners with feedback well informed in the meaning making and knowledge advancement processes emanating from learner interactions. In this paper, a newly developed concept of providing e-tutors with the information they require is explored, exhibiting the Event Centre (EC) concept, through which tutors are able to obtain periodic “snapshots” of the occurrences throughout discussion forums, which highlight processes of meaning construction and knowledge advancement. The EC concept provides e-tutors with visual images that depict the links and routes through which participants using text messages convey meaning, construct knowledge, and create Socio-Informational networks within discussion forums.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/content/v5.2/allan.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2004)
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	online discussion forums
dc.subject	e- tutoring
dc.subject	visualising social networks
dc.subject	monitoring online learning
dc.subject	online constructivist learning
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	A Peek into the Life of Online Learning Discussion Forums: Implications for Web-Based Distance Learning
dc.type	Article