Share Paper: Pedagogical Dimensions of Effective Online Asynchronous Teacher Communication in Higher Education.

  1. Anneke Smits, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
  2. Joke Voogt, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Wednesday, March 4 2:25-2:45 PM Coco B

Abstract: In this research teacher behaviour in online asynchronous discussions is studied. To this end teachers’ online messages were analyzed and correlated to measures of student satisfaction. Findings show a positive relation between student satisfaction and the presence of content knowledge, multiple acknowledgement, online personality and summary of (parts of) the discussion in teacher messages. The research resulted in a scoring guideline for online teacher messages that can be used to enhance the quality of online teaching.