TY - GEN
T1 - Using awareness information to enhance online discussion forums
T2 - 48th Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2018
AU - De Lima, Dhanielly Paulina R.
AU - Gerosa, Marco A.
AU - De Magalhaes Netto, Jose Francisco
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT We would like to thank the Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES) of Brazil, for the financial support provided for the realization of the project in which this paper belongs.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - Context: Since online discussion forums are widely used in Distance Learning platforms, instructors ought to be aware of what is happening in them. Goal: Our study aimed to identify scientific studies that investigate awareness in online forums in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Method: We conducted a systematic mapping to identify, filter, and classify primary studies. Results: We selected 51 papers and categorized the difficulties faced by discussion forum users into four groups: visualization, motivation, structural, and accompaniment. In addition, we identified six types of awareness elements: informal, group-structural, workspace, social, task, and concept awareness. The results were divided into two types: system/framework and approach/investigation. Conclusion: our study provides an overview of the state of the art and challenges concerning awareness information in online forums and may guide future studies and tool development.
AB - Context: Since online discussion forums are widely used in Distance Learning platforms, instructors ought to be aware of what is happening in them. Goal: Our study aimed to identify scientific studies that investigate awareness in online forums in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Method: We conducted a systematic mapping to identify, filter, and classify primary studies. Results: We selected 51 papers and categorized the difficulties faced by discussion forum users into four groups: visualization, motivation, structural, and accompaniment. In addition, we identified six types of awareness elements: informal, group-structural, workspace, social, task, and concept awareness. The results were divided into two types: system/framework and approach/investigation. Conclusion: our study provides an overview of the state of the art and challenges concerning awareness information in online forums and may guide future studies and tool development.
KW - Alerts
KW - Asynchronous communication
KW - Awareness
KW - Distance education
KW - Mediation
KW - Online discussion forum
KW - Online learning
KW - Perception
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658487
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658487
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063504770
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 3 October 2018 through 6 October 2018
ER -