TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and content of messages in an online environment
T2 - An approach from participation
AU - Chávez, Jorge
AU - Montaño, Rosa
AU - Barrera, Rosa
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported in part by FONDECYT 11140381 “The use of asynchronous learning environments as facilitators of the teaching processes” and for the Ministerio de Educación de Chile , Project USA 1307 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - This study examines the participation of 24 university professors in the training process that uses on-line environment, which has a duration of 36 h in classroom and 30 h online. The main aim of the course is to provide theoretical and methodological elements that allow teachers to investigate and innovate in their educational practice. With this purpose, the messages were analysed regarding their nature, information level, depth level, and the relation between each of the indicators. The data corpus corresponds to ten discussion forums which were part of a training program in research and innovation in university teaching. The methodology used for the analysis considered the combination of quantitative indicators of participation with an analysis of message content. The results show that the messages are organized mainly around the content or learning task, which in turn tend to concentrate on levels with less complexity and depth. The data also indicate that there is a relation between message length, information level, and depth level achieved by the contributions of the participants when they collaborate in an online environment.
AB - This study examines the participation of 24 university professors in the training process that uses on-line environment, which has a duration of 36 h in classroom and 30 h online. The main aim of the course is to provide theoretical and methodological elements that allow teachers to investigate and innovate in their educational practice. With this purpose, the messages were analysed regarding their nature, information level, depth level, and the relation between each of the indicators. The data corpus corresponds to ten discussion forums which were part of a training program in research and innovation in university teaching. The methodology used for the analysis considered the combination of quantitative indicators of participation with an analysis of message content. The results show that the messages are organized mainly around the content or learning task, which in turn tend to concentrate on levels with less complexity and depth. The data also indicate that there is a relation between message length, information level, and depth level achieved by the contributions of the participants when they collaborate in an online environment.
KW - Analysis of the participation
KW - Computer-mediated collaborative environments
KW - Content analysis
KW - Educational psychology
KW - Technology and learning
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.046
DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84942694015
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 54
SP - 560
EP - 568
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
ER -