Abstract:
Discussion forums are the primary and most widely used venue for social learning and communication in MOOC context. There has been an interest in the last few years to st...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Discussion forums are the primary and most widely used venue for social learning and communication in MOOC context. There has been an interest in the last few years to study the interactions and participation behavior in this environment. This systematic review studied eighty-four papers published between 2013–2017 to provide a state of the art, and suggest future directions in the literature from two perspectives: descriptive analysis and content analysis. The descriptive analysis aggregates the reviewed papers into five dimensions: time of the publication, stakeholders involved in the analysis, objectives, methods, and data sources used in the studies. The content analysis aims to highlight the main issues addressed and the major contributions of the papers covered by the literature review. These contributions can be categorized into three major areas, first, explore the relationship between forums participation and retention or learning outcomes and evaluate ways to increase the participation activity and learning outcomes, second, analyze participants’ contribution in the forum and how to organize the content and efficiently monitor them, finally, analyze participants’ interactions and how it influences learning. At the end, we offer some suggestions to further advance this area of research.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 12, Issue: 3, 01 July-Sept. 2019)
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Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Omaima Almatrafi received the B.S. degree in computer science from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in information systems from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, in 2013. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Information Science and Technology Department, George Mason University. She was a Teaching Assistant and a Researcher. Her research work was p...Show More
Omaima Almatrafi received the B.S. degree in computer science from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in information systems from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, in 2013. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Information Science and Technology Department, George Mason University. She was a Teaching Assistant and a Researcher. Her research work was p...View more
Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Aditya Johri is an Associate Professor with the Department of Information Sciences & Technology, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examines the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed worke...Show More
Aditya Johri is an Associate Professor with the Department of Information Sciences & Technology, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examines the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed worke...View more
Contents Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Omaima Almatrafi received the B.S. degree in computer science from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in information systems from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, in 2013. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Information Science and Technology Department, George Mason University. She was a Teaching Assistant and a Researcher. Her research work was published in several conferences as well as an academic journal. Her research interest includes computer-supported collaborative learning, learning analytics, and educational data-mining.
Omaima Almatrafi received the B.S. degree in computer science from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in information systems from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, in 2013. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Information Science and Technology Department, George Mason University. She was a Teaching Assistant and a Researcher. Her research work was published in several conferences as well as an academic journal. Her research interest includes computer-supported collaborative learning, learning analytics, and educational data-mining.View more
Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Aditya Johri is an Associate Professor with the Department of Information Sciences & Technology, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examines the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He is a co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (Cambridge University Press, 2014). More information about him is available at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~johri.
Aditya Johri is an Associate Professor with the Department of Information Sciences & Technology, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examines the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He is a co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (Cambridge University Press, 2014). More information about him is available at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~johri.View more
