Read-Only Participants: A Case For Student Communication In Online Classes
Module 2 Assignment: Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Article Summary
Grand Canyon University: UNV-501: Introduction to Graduate Studies in the College of Education
9/9/2013
Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Article Summary
INTRODUCTION
In the article titled "Read-only participants; a case for student communication in online classes" discusses how important community and communication is to an online courses. The authors in the article did researcher to find why students succeeded or failed within online course classes. The research was done over an eight week period on students, where they monitored classroom activity and communication amongst students (Nagel, 2009).
RESEARCH FINDINGS SUMMARY …show more content…
Also the relationship between instructor and students seemed very important as well. It was mentioned that interaction between students and instructor’s created a positive effect on relatively shy individuals. An instructor or teacher that was also involved within the program provided a positive feature for the students, and allowed for students to be more relaxed and at ease. This sense of “security” and “enthusiasm” by the instructor lead to more student involvement on post discussions (Nagel, 2009). In all though it research found that students that focused more on the quality of their post rather than just the quantity of post lead to better discussions and better overall environment of the classroom. This approach of quality over quantity lead to more in depth discussions and high thinking for
Grand Canyon University: UNV-501: Introduction to Graduate Studies in the College of Education
9/9/2013
Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Article Summary
INTRODUCTION
In the article titled "Read-only participants; a case for student communication in online classes" discusses how important community and communication is to an online courses. The authors in the article did researcher to find why students succeeded or failed within online course classes. The research was done over an eight week period on students, where they monitored classroom activity and communication amongst students (Nagel, 2009).
RESEARCH FINDINGS SUMMARY …show more content…
Also the relationship between instructor and students seemed very important as well. It was mentioned that interaction between students and instructor’s created a positive effect on relatively shy individuals. An instructor or teacher that was also involved within the program provided a positive feature for the students, and allowed for students to be more relaxed and at ease. This sense of “security” and “enthusiasm” by the instructor lead to more student involvement on post discussions (Nagel, 2009). In all though it research found that students that focused more on the quality of their post rather than just the quantity of post lead to better discussions and better overall environment of the classroom. This approach of quality over quantity lead to more in depth discussions and high thinking for