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Online discussions in a doctoral research methods course: ‘Like a text by many authors’

Jane Agee Department of Educational Theory and Practice, State University of New York at Albany, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sedef Uzuner Smith Department of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Pages 301-319 | Received 10 Mar 2010, Accepted 11 Aug 2010, Published online: 08 Sep 2011
 
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Abstract

In this mixed-methods study, we investigated how doctoral students used asynchronous online discussions that were added to a face-to-face research methods course. We focused specifically on what sociocognitive tools the students used and what they thought about the value of the online discussions for their learning. Our data included three online whole-class discussions from the course and students’ self-evaluations, which they completed three times during the semester. Our findings support the usefulness of online discussions in providing a site where students could draw on a rich repertoire of tools and strategies as well as on the knowledge of others to enhance their thinking and understanding of theory and research.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Ruchi Mehta for her help with the data analysis and interpretation.

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