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Comparing Effects of Instructor-led and Technology-enhanced Scaffolding on Student Knowlege Construction in Online Discussion Forums

Duttlinger, Nicole M.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9631-5159
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1639143567660475

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2021, Doctorate of Professional Studies in Instructional Design Leadership, Franklin University, International Institute for Innovative Instruction.
Discussion board forums have become commonplace within online learning environments (OLEs). With student enrollment in online classes continuing to rise and the emergence of COVID-19, more students will be utilizing discussion forums within OLEs than ever before. Positive pedagogical support for the use of discussion forums abounds, but studies on the efficacy of discussions in online forums show mixed results. This study seeks to compare two types of discussion forums. One type, instructor-led scaffolding, was designed with pedagogy such as feedback, discussion prompts, and scaffolding implemented by the instructor. The second type, technology-enhanced scaffolding, was designed to foster autonomous motivation in students, while some feedback and scaffolding were implemented automatically by the technology-enhanced platform and offloaded onto discussion TAs provided for instructors by the platform. The study used the Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) to measure student knowledge construction levels and interpreted results to determine the impact of pedagogical design implementation on student knowledge construction in undergraduate online learning environments.
Meghan Raehll (Committee Chair)
Matthew Barclay (Committee Member)
Lewis Chongwony (Committee Member)
171 p.
Adult Education; Artificial Intelligence; Design; Education; Educational Technology; Instructional Design
discussion forums; discussion boards; student success; knowledge construction; interaction analysis model; IAM; social constructivism; technology-enhanced; instructor-led scaffolding; augmented intelligence

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  • Duttlinger, N. M. (2021). Comparing Effects of Instructor-led and Technology-enhanced Scaffolding on Student Knowlege Construction in Online Discussion Forums [Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1639143567660475

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Duttlinger, Nicole. Comparing Effects of Instructor-led and Technology-enhanced Scaffolding on Student Knowlege Construction in Online Discussion Forums. 2021. Franklin University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1639143567660475.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Duttlinger, Nicole. "Comparing Effects of Instructor-led and Technology-enhanced Scaffolding on Student Knowlege Construction in Online Discussion Forums." Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1639143567660475

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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