Student-to-Student Communication in Online Graduate-Level Education Courses

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Author(s): Jason C. Vickers (University at Albany (SUNY), USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 19
Source title: Fostering Effective Student Communication in Online Graduate Courses
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Abigail G. Scheg (Western Governors University, USA)and Melanie Shaw (Northcentral University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2682-7.ch001

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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In 2014, nearly one million graduate students were enrolled in online courses, with many of the courses requiring discussions that contributed to students' overall course grades. In this chapter, the author discusses student-to-student communication in online graduate level education courses. Specifically, the author reviews literature salient to online discussions and utilizes original research from three courses in the Spring 2015 term taught by the author to discuss effective practices to increase student-to-student communication. These techniques include creating social presence, establishing discussion criteria, establishing the number of posts, utilizing self-assessment to assist students in creating posts, and student facilitation of discourse.

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