Interaction and Cognitive Engagement in the Community of Practice: The Contradiction of Terms?

Published 3 August 2006

Lina Markauskaitė, Louise Sutherland, Peter Reimann

DOI10.1109/icalt.2006.1652518

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TL;DR

It was found that students' engage differently with individual vs. collaborative knowledge building when it comes to interaction and cognitive engagement in online discussions of weekly readings in an online community of practice.

Abstract

Interaction and cognitive engagement in online discussions of weekly readings in an online community of practice are investigated. Interaction features and content of students’ initial postings and subsequent replies are explored using methods of discourse analysis. It was found that students’ engage differently with individual vs. collaborative knowledge building.

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PsychologySocial Sciences

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