Analysis of interaction patterns and scaffolding practices in online discussion forums

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Title: Analysis of interaction patterns and scaffolding practices in online discussion forums
Author(s): Jacob, Seibu Mary; Sam, Hong Kian
Abstract: An analysis on interaction patterns and scaffolding techniques is attempted on an online discussion forum happening in 10 groups of 36 students in an Engineering Mathematics unit. The analysis was performed on the content of the student and moderator postings and classification done based on the IBIS model. It was noticed that a lot of student interactions were related to students proposing issues and their positions. Majority of the moderator interactions were Socratic questioning models and suggestions to effectively coordinate with peer members. The scaffold of Socractic questioning was seen to contribute to the active responses in the online groups.
Publication type: Conference paper
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Sarawak Campus. School of Engineering and Science
Source: Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Computing, Communication and Control (ISCCC 2009), Singapore, 09-11 October 2009 / Parvinder S. Sandhu (ed.), pp. 373-377
Publication year: 2009
FOR Code(s): 130103 Higher Education; 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy; 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
Keyword(s): Interaction; Online discussion forum; Scaffolding; Socratic questioning
Publisher: International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology
ISBN: 9789810838157, 9810838158
Publisher URL: http://www.iacsit.org/isccc/
Peer reviewed