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Social engagement in an online community of inquiry: human-computer interaction
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| Title: | Social engagement in an online community of inquiry: human-computer interaction |
| Authors: | Gasson, Susan
Waters, James |
| Keywords: | Social Engagement
Community Of Inquiry
Online Learning
Collaborative Learning
Social Constructivism |
| Issue Date: | 10-Dec-2006 |
| Citation: | Paper presented at The International Conference of Information Systems, (ICIS ’06), Milwaukee, WI. |
| Abstract: | This paper examines a multidimensional set of learning-engagement behaviors by students participating in a community of inquiry. Existing social-inquiry models of learning focus on students achieving shared understanding through solving well-structured problems. These models may not be appropriate for professionally-oriented, graduate online education where students derive distributed and partial understandings of ill-structured real-world problems. Findings are presented from a study of joint knowledge-construction in an online graduate IS Management course. Patterns of interactions between learner role-behaviors are examined, to analyze social engagement in debating course problems. We propose that professionally-oriented online courses should frame course-problems to reflect students’ cognitive and professional learning goals. Student engagement in learning may be intensified by the early identification and encouragement of thought-leaders in various domains of professional knowledge who facilitate and complicate community debate. We examine the implications for online learning environments. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1996 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (IST)
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