It Is about Timing: Network Prestige in Asynchronous Online Discussions

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Bodong; Huang, Tianhui
Titel	It Is about Timing: Network Prestige in Asynchronous Online Discussions
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35 (2019) 4, S.503-515 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen, Bodong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/jcal.12355
Schlagwörter	Asynchronous Communication; Discussion Groups; Undergraduate Students; Social Networks; Reputation; Student Participation; Interaction; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Interpersonal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Interaktion; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Asynchronous online discussions are broadly used to support social learning. This paper reports on an undergraduate class's online discussion activities over one semester. Applying social network analysis, this study revealed a participation gap among students reflected by their varied levels of network prestige. The low-prestige group initiated equivalent volumes of interactions but were less reciprocated. In-depth analysis found the high-prestige group also advantageous in other network measures such as closeness centrality and eigenvector centrality, as well as the strength, persistence, and reciprocity of their ties. To probe potential explanations of the revealed gap, we further contrasted post content and posting behaviours between two groups. Results did not identify any significant differences in post content but found low-prestige students' participation less timely and more temporally compressed. This paper calls for attention to the participation gap in online discussions, microlevel temporal patterns of student activities, and practical means to scaffold student participation in asynchronous online discussions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01