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When the Online Conversation is Prompted

When the Online Conversation is Prompted

Boyd H. Davis, Mary K. Smith, Shu-Chiao Tsai
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781615207732|ISBN10: 1615207732|EISBN13: 9781615207749
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch037
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Davis, Boyd H., et al. "When the Online Conversation is Prompted." Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction, edited by Rotimi Taiwo, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 579-591. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch037

APA

Davis, B. H., Smith, M. K., & Tsai, S. (2010). When the Online Conversation is Prompted. In R. Taiwo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction (pp. 579-591). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch037

Chicago

Davis, Boyd H., Mary K. Smith, and Shu-Chiao Tsai. "When the Online Conversation is Prompted." In Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction, edited by Rotimi Taiwo, 579-591. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch037

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Abstract

This discussion reviews discourse in three sets of data drawn from online forums for nursing, applied linguistics and nursing assistant courses. Findings are presented from the application of two measurement tools to postings attracting peer responses: SOLO, or Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes (Biggs & Collis, 1982; Schrire, 2006; Rourke & Kanaka 2009) and the Practical Inquiry Model of Cognitive Presence (Garrison et al, 2000). Since assessment of online writing is an issue that often concerns teachers using asynchronous conferencing in blended classes, the authors also examine changes in propositional density using CPIDR (Covington, 2007) and analyze vocabulary levels with a Vocabulary Profiler to see how students integrate the appropriate technical and professional or academic lexicon that presumably has formed part of their learning.

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