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Dissertation
Generation and Gender Participation in Online Discussion Boards
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2010
Abstract
Documenting communication in Web-based courses is a means to determine if students are active participants in the learning process. Data were collected in this study to analyze discussion board postings in 2 Web-based courses. The participants in the study were graduate level students with similar numbers of male and female students from 3 generations: Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Generation Y. Methodic coding of transcripts was undertaken to determine the frequency and cognitive depth of participation in discussion boards as quantified by generation and gender. Social presence indicators were evaluated and recorded using the coding template established by Hughes, Ventura, and Dando (2007). Bostock and Lizhi's (2005) model for content analysis of computer-mediated communication was employed to quantitatively analyze electronic messages. Overall, there was no significant difference with one exception. Results indicated social presence in the area of interactive exchanges which concentrated on thanking and complimenting other students was more prominent in female students (M = 4.62) than male students (M = 2.33).
Details
- Title
- Generation and Gender Participation in Online Discussion Boards
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 151
- Copyright
- © 2010 Carol Rose Gentry
- Identifiers
- 99380090847106600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida