Using Awareness Information to Enhance Online Discussion Forums: A Systematic Mapping Study

Lima, Dhanielly P. R. de; Gerosa, Marco Aurélio; Netto, José Francisco de Magalhães

doi:10.1109/fie.2018.8658487

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“…Some participants considered peer learning in forums useless due to poor quality or low feedback response. Other works that present difficulties in the forums are Ulrich and Nedelcu [13], Poquet and Dawson [49], Mora et al [51], Lima et al [52] and Bratitsis and Dimitracopoulou [53].…”

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What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

Lima

Gerosa

Conte

et al. 2019

J Internet Serv Appl

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Online discussion forums are asynchronous communication tools that are widely used in Learning Management Systems. However, instructors and students face various difficulties, and instructors lack a guide on what strategies they can use to achieve a more participatory forum environment. This work aims to identify benefits and difficulties of using online discussion forums from the instructors' point of view, and to provide a list of strategies and improvements that can mitigate the challenges and lead to a more participatory forum. We used coding procedures to analyze data collected through semi-structured interviews. The results of our exploratory analysis are relevant to the distance learning community and can inform instructors, developers, and researchers to help them improve the quality of mediation and use of forums.

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Section: Difficulties In Online Discussion Forumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

Lima

Gerosa

Conte

et al. 2019

J Internet Serv Appl

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“…The researchers have conducted a review study on literature that reported the challenges of multiple stakeholders in online education. Prior studies conducted literature reviews and reported the challenges of a variety of stakeholders, such as college students (Sailsman, 2020), instructors (Islam et al, 2015), and both noninstructors (e.g., students, administrators of the institutions) and instructors (Alhttp://ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter Samarraie, 2019;de Lima et al, 2018;Kebritchi et al, 2017;Rasheed et al, 2020), in online education before the COVID-19 pandemic occurred. Similarly, recent review studies showed the challenges faced by stakeholders, such as college students, instructors, and administrators from higher education (Aini et al, 2020;Mseleku, 2020), and students and instructors from both secondary and tertiary educations (Pokhrel & Chhetri, 2021), in online education during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Exploring University Instructors’ Challenges in Online Teaching and Design Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

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Jung²

2021

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As the pandemic began, university instructors shifted their classes online to ensure learning for numerous students. While teaching online, the instructors soon encountered many challenges. Existing studies have explored different kinds of challenges through surveys or interviews with instructors. However, to our knowledge, no studies have reported instructors’ challenges in online teaching during COVID-19 through a systematic literature review. Moreover, there are no studies that have suggested design guidelines for creating tools to help instructors. Thus, we identified various challenges that university instructors face while teaching classes online, along with the causes of the challenges, through conducting a systematic review using the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Only the studies (a) reporting the challenges of instructors in online teaching, (b) having reported challenges regarding online teaching during COVID-19, and (c) reporting challenges of instructors from universities/colleges were considered in the systematic review. We found that the biggest category of the challenges that university instructors faced was managing/conducting online classes. Lastly, we propose design opportunities to help instructors to teach an online class more effectively and in interactive ways. This review shows the possibility of overcoming the existing challenges in online teaching with instructors receiving the appropriate support and tools for online classes. Additionally, we suggest some recommendations for future research. We hope this review contributes to a deeper understanding of university instructors’ struggle in online classes and suggests potential solutions for supporting instructors in online education.

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Providing Situational Awareness to Emergency Responders Using Drones

França

Tavares

Dias

et al. 2023

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Using Awareness Information to Enhance Online Discussion Forums: A Systematic Mapping Study

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

Exploring University Instructors’ Challenges in Online Teaching and Design Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Providing Situational Awareness to Emergency Responders Using Drones

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