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Examining Learners' Interaction Pattern in Asynchronous Text-Based Online Learning

Huang Chwei Ing*, Noraffandy Yahaya**, Kumar Laxman***, Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi****

* Teacher Education Institute, Sarawak Campus, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.

**School of Education Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.

*** Faculty of Education and Social Work Epsom Campus 74 Epsom Ave Epsom University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

**** School of Education Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.

Periodicity:January - March'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.16.4.16597

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the learners' interaction patterns when integrating a Collaborative Metacognitive Community (CMC) model within asynchronous text-based online learning in order to enhance their Higher Level Thinking Skills (HLTS). Message postings and reflective journals were extracted from learners' contributions and analyzed thematically. Interviews were used to gather learners' perspectives regarding the implementation of CMC in asynchronous text-based online learning. Furthermore, a checklist for HLTS was constructed to further examine the learners' interaction patterns. The results of this study revealed that learners who exhibited HLTS significantly in their message postings could be classified into three interaction patterns: proactive, progressive and partisan. Learners in the proactive group contributed to the highest number of message postings displaying HLTS. However, partisan learners were found to be dependent on others and contributed to the least number of message postings projected by HLTS. Implications of integrating the CMC model within asynchronous text-based online learning to enhance learners' HLTS and the recommendations for future research work are presented in this article.

Keywords

Online Learning, Student Interaction, Collaborative Metacognitive Community

How to Cite this Article?

Ing, H. C., Yahaya, N., Laxman, K., and Al-Rahmi, W. M. (2020). Examining Learners' Interaction Pattern in Asynchronous Text-Based Online Learning. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 16(4), 9-19. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.16.4.16597

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Examining Learners' Interaction Pattern in Asynchronous Text-Based Online Learning

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