Fostering quality and flow of online learning conversations by artifact-centered discourse systems

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-48

  Eryilmaz, Evren ^a   Ryan, Terry ^a   van der Pol, Jakko ^b   Kasemvilas, Sumonta ^c   Mary, Justin ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artifact centered discourse systems; Asynchronous online discussion; Common ground; Epistemic activities; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION THEORY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTIFACT-CENTERED; ARTIFACT-CENTERED DISCOURSE SYSTEM; ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION; COMMON GROUND; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EPISTEMIC ACTIVITY; LEARNING MATERIALS; ONLINE LEARNING; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE WINDOWS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873384035     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00321     Document Type: Article

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