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Student‐led facilitation strategies in online discussions

Evrim Baran Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching, N108 Lagomarcino Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-3191, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana‐Paula Correia Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching, N108 Lagomarcino Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-3191, USA
Pages 339-361 | Received 04 Jun 2009, Accepted 05 Aug 2009, Published online: 07 Oct 2009
 
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Abstract

This study explored student‐led facilitation strategies used to overcome the challenges of instructor‐dominated facilitation, enhance the sense of learning community, and encourage student participation in online discussions. It presents a series of cases of students’ facilitation strategies and using qualitative data analysis of discussion threads within the naturalistic inquiry framework, identifies three facilitation strategies: inspirational; practice‐oriented; and highly structured. The study shows that these facilitation strategies generated innovative ideas, motivated students to participate, and provided a risk‐free and relaxed atmosphere for participation.

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