Asynchronous On-Line Discussions: Facilitating Critical Thinking Skills in Distance Education

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Yang, Y.T. (2002). Asynchronous On-Line Discussions: Facilitating Critical Thinking Skills in Distance Education. In P. Barker & S. Rebelsky (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2002 (pp. 2103-2104). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002
Denver, Colorado, USA
2002
ISBN 1-880094-45-2
  Philip Barker & Samuel Rebelsky
AACE

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Ya-Ting Yang, Purdue University, USA

Abstract

In distance education, students and instructors rarely meet face-to-face and interactive discussions are infrequent, if they take place at all. Such challenges make it difficult to model thinking skills or guide students through the thinking process. An asynchronous online forum is a promising tool to cope with this problem. This paper reports an ongoing project that examines the effects of asynchronous online forums on critical thinking and overall learning performance, and also probes students?overall perspectives toward the effect and function of using asynchronous discussion forums in the context of distance education. The research design, participants, instruments, and data analysis of this project are described.

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• Students
• Distance Education

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