Learning, assessment and collaboration in computer-supported environments
What we know about CSCL and implementing it in higher education
Modeling the determinants of Internet use
Computers & Education
What is online learner participation? A literature review
Computers & Education
A theory of online learning as online participation
Computers & Education
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This study examined students' views of collaboration and learning, and investigated how these predict students' online participation in a computer-supported learning environment. The participants were 521 secondary school students in Hong Kong, who took part in online collaborative inquiry conducted using Knowledge Forum(TM). We developed a questionnaire to assess the students' views of their collaboration aligned with the knowledge-building perspective. We also administered the Learning Process Questionnaire to examine their preferred approaches to learning. The students' online participation in Knowledge Forum was examined using the Analytic Toolkit software. Analyses indicated that students who viewed their collaboration as more aligned with collaborative knowledge building were more likely to employ a deep approach to learning. A structural equation model indicated that the students' views of collaboration exerted a direct effect on online participation in Knowledge Forum and mediated the effects of deep approaches on forum participation. Implications of examining students' views of collaboration for productive online participation are discussed.