Online Discussion or Real Conversation?

• In Event: DELT- Learning Analytics, Frameworks for Learning, and Adult Learning Environments (h)

Short Description

During COVID, online discussions bore a greater weight of student need for psychological connection. Yet, online threaded discussions, ubiquitous in LMSs, often involve students talking past each other, instead of with each other, with little uptake of others’ contributions. We report on uptake and authenticity in three types of online discussions in seven online university courses: (a) threaded discussions, (b) linear chat-style discussions, and (c) linear chat-style discussions with collaborative responsive writing.

Authors

• Presenter: Glenn Gordon Smith, University of South Florida

• Contributor: Michael Sherry, University of South Florida

• Contributor: Samantha Smith, University of South Florida

• Contributor: Rachel Potts, University of South Florida