The use of information technology to enhance management school education: a theoretical view
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on IS curricula and pedagogy
Participation: the online challenge
Web-based education
Encouraging equitable online participation through curriculum articulation
Computers & Education
Participation in class and in online discussions: Gender differences
Computers & Education
A theory of online learning as online participation
Computers & Education
Procrastination, participation, and performance in online learning environments
Computers & Education
Establishing on-line corporate training in distributed, synchronous eCollaboration: a field study
CRIWG'10 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Collaboration and technology
Students' views of collaboration and online participation in Knowledge Forum
Computers & Education
Student discussion forums: what is in it for them?
Computer Science Education Research Conference
Do lurking learners contribute less?: a knowledge co-construction perspective
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
How and why do students of higher education participate in online seminars?
Education and Information Technologies
Engaging students with online discussion in a blended learning context: issues and implications
ICHL'09 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Hybrid Learning and Education
Social network analysis and mining to support the assessment of on-line student participation
ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
Distributed participation in blended learning communities: actors, contexts and groups
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Exploring online learning for intersecting communities of practice
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Computers in Human Behavior
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education
A guideline for game development-based learning: a literature review
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Tap into visual analysis of the customization of grouping of activities in eLearning
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality
Peer modeling and innovation adoption among teachers in online professional development
Computers & Education
Hi-index | 0.00 |
It is commonly argued that a key challenge for e-learning is to encourage learner participation. Even though this challenge has received increased attention by researchers, little effort has been put into developing a sound theoretical understanding of what online participation actually is and how it may be studied empirically. This paper examines the conceptions and research approaches that underlie research on online participation in e-learning settings. A classification scheme was iteratively developed and used when publications on the topic were reviewed. It was found that research is dominated by low-level conceptions of online participation, which relies on frequency counts as measures of participation. However, some researchers aim to study more complex dimensions of participation, such as whether participants feel they are taking part and are engaged in dialogues, reflected by using a combination of perceived and actual measures of participation. In conclusion, a definition of online learner participation that acknowledges its more complex dimensions, such as doing, communicating, thinking, feeling, and belonging, is proposed.