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A Grounded Theory of Online GROUP Development as Seen in Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Boards

Waltonen-Moore, Shelley L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1185649473

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Secondary Education.
This research developed a model of how learners in an e-learning environment evolved into a learning community despite their temporal and geographical separation from each other. The constant comparative method of analysis was used throughout open, axial, and selective coding procedures akin to the Grounded Theory methodology (Strauss & Corbin). Microscopic analysis centered primarily on comprehensive threaded discussion board data (more than 6,000 speech segments) for five graduate level courses, including both learner and instructor posts. Analysis revealed a substantive theory entitled Online GROUP Development that detailed five categorical stages - Greeting, Relating, Operating, Unifying, and Parting. The five stages outlined the process of how individuals, through their asynchronous threaded discussion board postings, evolved in their dialogue with one another to forge into an online learning community that evidenced increasing levels of cognitive, social, and affective evolvement with one another across time. Four properties, labeled 4C Interaction, were identified and further differentiated each process stage. Additional analysis revealed a structure that promoted and nurtured conditions that fostered the development process. These conditions were labeled the Main Conditions Present and included three sets of variables that provided the foundation from which the evolution of Online GROUP Development occurred.
Qetler Jensrud (Advisor)
Education, Technology
Learning Communities; Online Group Development; Online Learning Communities; Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Boards; Group Development; Community Development Online; Critical Thinking; Interaction; e-learning; e-pedagogy

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  • Waltonen-Moore, S. L. (2007). A Grounded Theory of Online GROUP Development as Seen in Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Boards [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1185649473

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Waltonen-Moore, Shelley. A Grounded Theory of Online GROUP Development as Seen in Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Boards. 2007. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1185649473.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Waltonen-Moore, Shelley. "A Grounded Theory of Online GROUP Development as Seen in Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Boards." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1185649473

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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