Abstract
The importance of online learning has grown in the past decade. For this reason, knowledge of how an online forum changes over time is useful. This study examines the changes in critical thinking and interaction between 50 users on an online forum. In this study, critical thinking steadily increased, and different interactions between the forum participants steadily decreased over the course of the 13 week experiment. The importance of this study is that it sheds light on changes in critical thinking and interaction on an unmoderated online discussion forum.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4137-4144 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Information |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Asynchronous
- Critical thinking
- Forum
- Interaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems