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Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments

The common practice over the past few years in Malaysia tertiary institutions is the use of online forum with the assistance of the instructor to promote effective teamwork in completing group work. The benefits of using an online discussion during and outside classroom have been discussed widely by...

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Main Authors: Ali, Mohd. Fadzli, Mohd. Tahir, Lokman, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: IEEEXPLORE 2016
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L Education
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spelling my.utm.670562017-08-25T06:22:12Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/67056/ Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments Ali, Mohd. Fadzli Mohd. Tahir, Lokman Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan L Education The common practice over the past few years in Malaysia tertiary institutions is the use of online forum with the assistance of the instructor to promote effective teamwork in completing group work. The benefits of using an online discussion during and outside classroom have been discussed widely by various educationists and it has become a much emerging literature. Despite this, there are still some studies in Malaysia context that showed otherwise. Thus, a qualitative case study using purposive sampling was conducted to examine whether students’ online discussions could improve students' understanding on the assignment topic and contents. The findings indicated that the strategic use of online discussion forum guided by the instructor could effectively enhance students’ understanding to complete group assignments. IEEEXPLORE 2016-01-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Ali, Mohd. Fadzli and Mohd. Tahir, Lokman and Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan (2016) Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments. In: 2016 IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e-Services, IC3E 2016, 10 Oct, 2016, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. http://computer.ieeemy.org/ic3e/
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic L Education
spellingShingle L Education
Ali, Mohd. Fadzli
Mohd. Tahir, Lokman
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan
Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
description The common practice over the past few years in Malaysia tertiary institutions is the use of online forum with the assistance of the instructor to promote effective teamwork in completing group work. The benefits of using an online discussion during and outside classroom have been discussed widely by various educationists and it has become a much emerging literature. Despite this, there are still some studies in Malaysia context that showed otherwise. Thus, a qualitative case study using purposive sampling was conducted to examine whether students’ online discussions could improve students' understanding on the assignment topic and contents. The findings indicated that the strategic use of online discussion forum guided by the instructor could effectively enhance students’ understanding to complete group assignments.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ali, Mohd. Fadzli
Mohd. Tahir, Lokman
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan
author_facet Ali, Mohd. Fadzli
Mohd. Tahir, Lokman
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nihra Haruzuan
author_sort Ali, Mohd. Fadzli
title Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
title_short Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
title_full Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
title_fullStr Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
title_sort facilitating learners' online discussions in completing group assignments
publisher IEEEXPLORE
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/67056/
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