Saturday, October 22, 2011

Scary Words # 23: Asynchronous Discussion Forums for Evidence of Learning

Lester, J. & Paulus, T. (Forthcoming). Accountability and public displays of knowing in an undergraduate computer-mediated communication context. Discourse Studies 13(5).


“Asynchronous Discussion Forums for Evidence of Learning”...




I am thinking of my envisioned dissertation proposal, and the need for an “evidence of learning” resonates in my mind! Personally, I think that I may be able to find some pieces of that evidence in the online interactions, to be interpreted and confronted with others pieces, emerging from different tools and settings. 


Still, looking for the “evidence of learning” in a discussion forum sounds like taking a road suspended between aspirations and expectations…


1 comment:

  1. The real question is - what constitutes learning? How do we define learning? What does it look like in talk? Not easy questions..but fun to wrestle with.

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