Flipgrid Versus Discussion Board: Students' Modality Choice Depending on Online Digital Citizenship (Poster 5)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fifteen
  In Poster Session: Equity, Community, and Citizenship

Abstract

The present study examines how 4th and 5th grade students choose between using either asynchronous text-based or video-based discussion tools when they express their opinions about controversial social issues. We particularly focus on how their choices are related to their socioeconomic status and online digital citizenship. We analyzed the modality choices made by students (n = 151) who participated in a four-unit digital civic learning curriculum designed to improve social and civic competence. Results from hierarchical regression analysis indicated that students’ socioeconomic status was not associated with their tendency to use either modality. However, students with a higher sense of online digital citizenship tended to use video-based discussion tools more than text-based discussion tools.

Authors

• Wonjoon Cha, The Ohio State University
  Presenting Author

• Shantanu Tilak, Chesapeake Bay Academy
  Non-Presenting Author

• Ziye Wen, The Ohio State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Saetbyul Kim, Korean Educational Development Institute
  Non-Presenting Author

• Yue Sheng, The Ohio State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Tzu-Jung Lin, The Ohio State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Michael Glassman, The Ohio State University
  Non-Presenting Author