dc.contributor.advisor | Moore, Joi L., 1966- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Antonacci, David M. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 Fall | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on May 25, 2012). | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Dissertation advisor: Dr. Joi L. Moore | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | "December 2011" | eng |
dc.description | Ph. D. University of Missouri-Columbia 2011. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Online learning is an important and rapidly growing area, and asynchronous discussions are a vital component of online courses. This doctoral study examined the influence of discussion moderator messages, specifically messages with direct instruction content, had on those discussions. This study obtained data from content analysis of course discussions. The subjects for this study were the instructor and all 15 students enrolled in a fully-online graduate course at a large, public university medical center. The study found that the direct instruction content of an instructor message influenced students replying to that instructor message as well as students reading other student replies to that instructor message. The current study found that the direct instruction content of the instructor message may also influence students reading an instructor message and students responding to other replies to that instructor message. Instructors can use these findings to more effectively moderate their online discussions. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | xii, 203 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 872560537 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/14389 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/14389 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject | computer mediated communication | eng |
dc.subject | online learning | eng |
dc.subject | content analysis | eng |
dc.subject | teaching presence | eng |
dc.title | The influence of direct instruction on asynchronous educational discussions | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Information science and learning technologies (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |