Concurrently Capturing Ideas Using Knowledge Forum During an F2F Discussion in Grade 6 News

• In Event: 66.087 - MTCC Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 66.087-7 - K–12 Perspectives on Technologies + Pedagogies

Abstract

This study explores the concurrent use of Knowledge Forum, as an online community space, during face-to-face discussions of a grade 6 News class. This intervention aimed to establish externalization of ideas into knowledge artifacts (online records of ideas) as a core community practice. Descriptive statistics illustrate changes in students’ online contributions. The intervention was considered a success by the teacher and researchers, but this practice caters to the capturing of ideas not shared in face-to-face discussions and is likely to miss the main ideas developed through face-to-face discussions in the classroom.

Authors

• Joel Wiebe, University of Toronto

• Stacy Alexandra Costa, University of Toronto