Formation and Action of a Learning Community with Collaborative Learning Software

IF 5.9 2区管理学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of Management Information Systems Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/07421222.2023.2172774

Evren Eryilmaz, Brian Thoms, Z. Ahmed, Howard Lee

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper explores the formation of a learning community facilitated by custom collaborative learning software. Drawing on research in group cognition, knowledge building discourse, and learning analytics, we conducted a mixed-methods field study involving an asynchronous online discussion consisting of 259 messages posted by 50 participants. The cluster analysis results provide evidence that the recommender system within the software can support the formation of a learning community with a small peripheral cluster. Regarding knowledge building discourse, we identified the distinct roles of central, intermediate (i.e., middle of three clusters), and peripheral clusters within a learning community. Furthermore, we found that message lexical complexity does not correlate to the stages of knowledge building. Overall, this study contributes to the group cognition theory to deepen our understanding about collaboration to construct new knowledge in online discussions. Moreover, we add a much-needed text mining perspective to the qualitative interaction analysis model.

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基于协同学习软件的学习社区的形成与行动

摘要本文探讨了通过定制协作学习软件促进学习社区的形成。基于对群体认知、知识构建话语和学习分析的研究，我们进行了一项混合方法的实地研究，涉及一个异步在线讨论，由50名参与者发布的259条信息组成。聚类分析结果提供了证据，证明软件中的推荐系统可以支持形成一个具有小外围聚类的学习社区。关于知识构建话语，我们确定了学习社区中中心集群、中间集群（即三个集群中的中间集群）和外围集群的不同作用。此外，我们发现信息词汇复杂性与知识构建的阶段无关。总体而言，本研究有助于群体认知理论加深我们对在线讨论中合作构建新知识的理解。此外，我们在定性交互分析模型中添加了一个急需的文本挖掘视角。

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Journal of Management Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

13.00%

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审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Journal of Management Information Systems is a widely recognized forum for the presentation of research that advances the practice and understanding of organizational information systems. It serves those investigating new modes of information delivery and the changing landscape of information policy making, as well as practitioners and executives managing the information resource.