The impact of rotating summarizing roles in online discussions: Effects on learners’ listening behaviors during and subsequent to role assignment

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Highlights:

• Students in online discussions were assigned summarizing roles on a rotating basis.

• Log-file data was collected to examine effects on attending to others’ posts.

• In-role, students increased breadth of listening and sometimes depth as well.

• Post-role, breadth effect was weakly sustained but depth effect was not.

• Other post-role behavior changes suggest negative side effects of role-rotation.

摘要

•Students in online discussions were assigned summarizing roles on a rotating basis.•Log-file data was collected to examine effects on attending to others’ posts.•In-role, students increased breadth of listening and sometimes depth as well.•Post-role, breadth effect was weakly sustained but depth effect was not.•Other post-role behavior changes suggest negative side effects of role-rotation.

论文关键词:Computer mediated communication,Asynchronous discussion groups,Scripting,Role taking,Quantitative analysis of computer-supported collaborative learning,Temporal analysis

论文评审过程:Available online 3 July 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.033