Enhancing Case-Based Learning in Teacher Education through Online Discussions: Structure and Facilitation

Autor/inn/en	Mitchem, Katherine; Fitzgerald, Gail; Hollingsead, Candice; Koury, Kevin; Miller, Kevin; Tsai, Hui-Hsien
Titel	Enhancing Case-Based Learning in Teacher Education through Online Discussions: Structure and Facilitation
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19 (2008) 2, S.331-349 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1093-023X
Schlagwörter	Computer Mediated Communication; Discussion Groups; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Case Method (Teaching Technique); Interviews; Participant Satisfaction; Enrichment Activities; Program Effectiveness; College Students; Comparative Analysis; Student Experience; Discourse Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Case method; Fallmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bereicherungsprogramm; Collegestudent; Studienerfahrung; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	This multi-case study compares the experiences of students and instructors participating in three different online discussion formats used to support the collaborative and social aspects of case-based instruction. Data were collected and analyzed from three different universities that implemented case-based discussions or chats in courses as a part of a larger research consortium project. The implementations represented three different discussion group formats for structure and facilitation: open discussions, prompted discussions, and structured chat discussions. Discussion archives were analyzed for number of students who participated, average postings per student, range of contributions per student and instructor facilitation. Follow-up interviews were conducted with a sample of students from each course to assess student perceptions of the benefits and limitations of online discussion groups to augment case-based learning approaches in special education courses. Results supported prior research findings that online chats and discussions provided opportunities for the students to share, discuss, and modify their case understanding and to support each other in using that knowledge to solve case and classroom problems. Practical implications for instructors using discussion groups in case-based instruction are provided. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10