Share Paper: Assessing for Quality Online Discussion Posts

  1. Paula Christensen, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, United States
  2. Sanghoon Park, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, United States
Tuesday, March 26 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Edgewod AB

Abstract: Online discussion posts should provide a rich environment for assessing learning. The requirement to post to online discussion forums in order to show comprehension of content knowledge has become a part of many online courses. However, it is often difficult to appropriately assess the quality of such posts. This study examined the quality of online discussion posts of students from two different graduate courses.