Meaningful posts and online learning in Blackboard across four cohorts of adult learners

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Highlights:

• Meaningful posts as tracked in Blackboard predict online learning.

• Baby-boomer students create more meaningful posts and show more engagement.

• Millennial students create fewer meaningful posts and focus on factual learning.

• Younger learners apply the conciseness of social media to learning media at their peril.

摘要

•Meaningful posts as tracked in Blackboard predict online learning.•Baby-boomer students create more meaningful posts and show more engagement.•Millennial students create fewer meaningful posts and focus on factual learning.•Younger learners apply the conciseness of social media to learning media at their peril.

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论文评审过程:Available online 8 August 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.021