A description of students’ commenting behaviours in an online blogging activity

Jiaming Cheng; Jing Lei

doi:10.1177/2042753020954971

A description of students’ commenting behaviours in an online blogging activity

Jiaming Cheng, Jing Lei

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Abstract

Student-student interaction can benefit learning as well as provide a sense of community in online courses. Blogging is a common approach to provide opportunities for students to communicate with each other. This study used Social Network Analysis to depict commenting behaviour between students in an online graduate-level course. By examining the weekly interaction data, the results revealed how students’ commenting behaviours changed during the semester. Student participation and interaction in the blogging activity was influenced by the various pedagogical elements that were either directly or indirectly related to the blogging activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	209-225
Number of pages	17
Journal	E-Learning and Digital Media
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2042753020954971
State	Published - Mar 2021

Keywords

Blogs
online courses
social network analysis
student interaction

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Education
Computer Science Applications

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