Share Paper: Improving the Quality of Online Discussion: Role-Playing Online

  1. Jackie Kim, Georgia Southern University, United States
Wednesday, June 26 2:45 PM-3:15 PM De Dam 1

Abstract: This study investigated an instructional strategy to increase engagement of a collaborative role-play online discussion where students assume different roles. This study is aimed at assessing the quality of interaction by means of Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) for examining social construction of knowledge and of learning experiences of teachers during computer conferencing designed to learn problem-solving skills. After analyzing the progress of the entire discussion transcripts, this study found that the role-play discussion constructed better knowledge socially and improved the higher mental operation. The threaded discussion postings from four structured online debates showed that the algorithmic format of problem-solving steps ...