Posting versus Replying: The Effects of Instructor Participation in MOOC Discussion Forums

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dc.contributor.authorDu, Zhao
dc.contributor.authorWang, Fang
dc.contributor.authorWang, Shan
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T17:15:54Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T17:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has suggested that the frequency of instructor participation in online discussion forums can affect student participation and subsequently their learning results in online courses. However , the different approaches of instructor participation and their effects have not been well studied, particularly in MOOCs of very large class sizes. This research investigates how instructor participation via posting vs. replying in online discussion forums affects student participation in MOOCs. Our results show that instructors mainly participate through replying rather than posting. However , instructor posting is more effective than instructor replying on enhancing student participation, and this advantage of instructor posting over replying increases with class size. Class size negatively moderates the positive effect of instructor replying, but not that of instructor posting. These findings implicate the necessity of a well-planned participation strategy for instructors to engage in MOOC discussion forums.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.006
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/79336
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAdvances in Teaching and Learning Technologies
dc.subjectinstructor participation
dc.subjectstudent participation
dc.subjectmoocs
dc.subjectonline discussion forum
dc.subjecte-learning
dc.subjectpost
dc.subjectreply
dc.titlePosting versus Replying: The Effects of Instructor Participation in MOOC Discussion Forums
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