[IFETS-DISCUSS] Assessing student participation

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Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Assessing student participation
From: Muhammad Betz (mbetz@SOSU.EDU)
Date: Wed 28 May 2003 - 16:05:03 MEST 

Date:         Wed, 28 May 2003 09:05:03 -0500
From: Muhammad Betz <mbetz@SOSU.EDU>
Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Assessing student participation

Michael Verhaart says in a 5-27-03 post:
It is often quoted in papers of on-line learning that "Students do not
use/contribute to on-line systems unless there is an assessment component".
Does anyone know of * research that has been done in this area? Or *
research into what factors encourage students to participate.

I do not know of research on the topic, but I have been trained at a large
online university to require student participation in online discussions by
stipulating the number of days a week that each student must post
substantial messages, ranging from 100-300 words. Each student's
contributions are then totaled at week's end and a "Participation" grade
assigned for that week. Both platforms that I use, Outlook Express
newsgroups and Blackboard, can be easily configured to review and count
student contributions.

Regards,
Muhammad Betz

Muhammad Betz, Ph.D.
University of Phoenix Online Faculty
&
Professor & M.Ed. Coordinator
Department of Educational Instruction & Leadership
Southeastern Oklahoma State University

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