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 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
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 -