Pedagogical Implications of Using Discussion Board to Improve Student Learning in Higher Education

Alghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan

doi:10.5539/hes.v3n5p68

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“…Presumably, more frequent use of the discussion board, demonstrated through more postings, would lead to a better learning experience, and thus better performance (a higher final grade). Testing on 155 first-year female students, Alghamdi (2013) found that posting to a Blackboard discussion board was positively related to improvement to the test scores among students. In this study, there were positive correlations between the number of postings and learning performance, but the correlation was not significant at the class level: none of the four classes had a significant correlation between the number of postings and the final grade.…”

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“…In addition to the effect of student effort of accessing the learning materials posted on the course site, a few studies investigated the use of discussion boards on the Blackboard system and reported varying results. Alghamdi (2013) reported that the frequency of posting to Blackboard discussion board was positively related to improvements seen in the test scores among those in the control group but not among those in the experimental group. Badawy & Hugue (2010) reported a positive attitude from students regarding the use of discussion boards in their online courses.…”

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An Analysis of Online Students’ Behaviors on Course Sites and the Effect on Learning Performance: A Case Study of Four LIS Online Classes

Zhang¹

2016

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This research investigated the relationship between online students' behaviors in a learning management system and their learning performance, as measured by their final grades. Four online information technology classes in a major U.S. library and information science program were studied. The course sites' log data, as well as the students' final grades were analyzed at both the class level and the general level using the aggregated data from all four classes. The results show that the number of days students delayed in accessing weekly lecture materials had a significantly negative correlation with the final grade, while an increased number of discussion board postings had a positive correlation with the final grade. This correlation was significant on borderline, at p = 0.05 level. In one class an increase in the frequency of accessing the syllabus was significantly correlated with the final grade. The implications of the results are discussed. Based on the findings, suggestions on strengthening e-learning are proposed.

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An Analysis of Online Students’ Behaviors on Course Sites and the Effect on Learning Performance: A Case Study of Four LIS Online Classes

Zhang¹

2016

JELIS

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“…First, we did not assess learning outcomes for the presentations as this was beyond the scope of this exploratory study. Some previous studies demonstrated that online discussion forums increased student performance (3,4,7), whereas other studies showed no correlations between student performance and online discussion (24). In our study, many students did report in the survey that learning was enhanced with VoiceThread.…”

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An interactive online approach to small-group student presentations and discussions

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Xiao

Zheng

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Advances in Physiology Education

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Student presentations had been widely implemented across content areas, including health sciences education. However, due to various limitations, small-group student presentations in the classroom may not reach their full potential for student learning. To address challenges with presentations in the classroom, we redesigned the assignment by having students present and discuss online using VoiceThread, a cloud-based presentation and discussion tool. First-year students pursuing a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree were assigned into small groups to present physiology content and to discuss that content online. This assignment was similar to traditional student classroom presentations, with the exception that the entire assignment was conducted online. The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the impact of the online format on the discussion quality. Another purpose of the study was to examine students' perceptions of using VoiceThread for presenting and learning, as well as the online interactions between the presenter and audience. Students posted a higher number of questions and comments than required by the assignment. The questions from students were also higher level questions, and the answers to these questions were more thorough compared with what we had previously observed in classroom presentations. The survey results showed that students preferred using VoiceThread for presenting, learning from other presentations, and discussing presentation content over performing this process in the classroom. Preliminary findings suggested that having dental students make presentations and hold discussions online might help address the challenges of student presentations in the classroom.

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“…Oluseye et al (2014) [25] assessed the quality management practices of educational institutions in Nigeria, with particular emphasis on the areas of input quality, quality process management and quality results management. Alghamdi (2013) [6] emphasizes organizational roles and employee support to achieve the maximum level of TQM. We will also introduce some Asian TQM case studies to summarize the most important factors for effective execution of TQM.…”

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Assessing Faculty Perception Towards Total Quality Management of Education Sector in Punjab

Kaur*¹,

Batra²

2019

IJRTE

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Quality education plays an important role in number of organizations across this competitive world. In the present scenario, the success of management institutions depends upon the quality education provided to the students. Educationalists, policy makers, and researchers are now showing their sincere efforts towards Total quality management (TQM) as it acts as a de facto management philosophy to create Academic excellence which can provide customer satisfaction. The service industries are changing rapidly and this change offers to lead or gain competitiveness in the market. As education industry is also a part of service industry, thus, it becomes very important for education industry to provide better-and highquality service. Since this concept was originate in manufacturing sector but nowadays, in the education sector acquisition of total quality management is common one. In this connection, this paper aims to investigate how faculties of management institutions perceive the quality offered at management education inPunjab. An evaluation study using questionnaire survey was employed to measure the faculties' perception towards 7 quality dimensions. Total 65 questionnaires were distributed randomly. After data collection, we performed statistical tests by using SPSS software. It is found that still in some areas lack of total quality management is affected.

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Pedagogical Implications of Using Discussion Board to Improve Student Learning in Higher Education

Cited by 22 publications

References 7 publications

An Analysis of Online Students’ Behaviors on Course Sites and the Effect on Learning Performance: A Case Study of Four LIS Online Classes

An Analysis of Online Students’ Behaviors on Course Sites and the Effect on Learning Performance: A Case Study of Four LIS Online Classes

An interactive online approach to small-group student presentations and discussions

Assessing Faculty Perception Towards Total Quality Management of Education Sector in Punjab

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