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Computer-mediated communication tools have been increasingly used to support face-to-face teaching. In this paper, we explore the motivating and inhibiting factors that affect students’ participation in voluntary online discussions in a blended learning context. Students’ online participation is conceptualized as a three-phase process: jumpstart online activity, promote interaction and sustain discussion. The results indicate that students’ disengagements in online discussions were due to a number of reasons: their perceptions, peer influence, media preferences and the voluntary nature of the activity, to name but a few. Finally, we highlight several issues concerning students’ participation in online discussion and their implications for designing meaningful and engaging online discussion in parallel to in-class teaching.
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Yuen, A.H.K., Deng, L., Fox, R., Tavares, N.J. (2009). Engaging Students with Online Discussion in a Blended Learning Context: Issues and Implications. In: Wang, F.L., Fong, J., Zhang, L., Lee, V.S.K. (eds) Hybrid Learning and Education. ICHL 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5685. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03697-2_15
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