TY - GEN
T1 - A content analytic comparison of FTF and ALN case-study discussions
AU - Heckman, R.
AU - Annabi, H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 IEEE.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - While much research has shown that ALNs can produce learning equivalent to FTF classrooms, there has been little empirical research that explicitly and rigorously explores similarities and differences between the learning processes that occur in ALN and FTF activities. Transcripts from eight case study discussions, 4 FTF, 4 ALN, were content analyzed. The study used a content analytic framework derived primarily from previous work of Anderson, Archer, Garrison and Rourke. These authors developed a model that studies cognitive, social, and teaching processes in ALN discussions. Based on the work of Aviv (2000), the current scheme also considers characteristics of the discourse process. The findings provide evidence that ALNs generate high levels of cognitive activity, at least equal to, and in some cases superior to, the cognitive processes in the FTF classroom.
AB - While much research has shown that ALNs can produce learning equivalent to FTF classrooms, there has been little empirical research that explicitly and rigorously explores similarities and differences between the learning processes that occur in ALN and FTF activities. Transcripts from eight case study discussions, 4 FTF, 4 ALN, were content analyzed. The study used a content analytic framework derived primarily from previous work of Anderson, Archer, Garrison and Rourke. These authors developed a model that studies cognitive, social, and teaching processes in ALN discussions. Based on the work of Aviv (2000), the current scheme also considers characteristics of the discourse process. The findings provide evidence that ALNs generate high levels of cognitive activity, at least equal to, and in some cases superior to, the cognitive processes in the FTF classroom.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1173631
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1173631
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969507029
T3 - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003
BT - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003
A2 - Sprague, Ralph H.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003
Y2 - 6 January 2003 through 9 January 2003
ER -