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The Role of Students' Professional Experience in Online Learning: Analysis of Asynchronous Participation

Abstract: This paper reports on a causal-comparative study that investigated potential differences in students' participation in asynchronous online learning environments according to their professional experience. In the study, 893 messages from 77 students in an online master's program in human resource development (HRD) at a large U.S. university were analyzed. The research shed light on an important component of online...

Keywords:: distance education, online graduate program, asynchronous discussion board, novices, experts

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Academic Support Services / Hybrid and Online Course Development

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 5, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 13, 2014
Author:: Scott D. Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University
Edgard B Cornachione Jr
Rod P. Githens, University of Louisville
Submitter:: Julia Zammit
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States