Do beginning teachers know how to participate and interact in online discussion? Outcomes from a Victorian case study

• Published in: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 1247 - 1262
• Main Author: Jordan, Kathy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Asynchronous Communication; Beginning Teacher Induction; Beginning Teachers; Case Studies; Communication Skills; Computer Mediated Communication; Content Analysis; Discourse Communities; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Discussion groups; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Group discussion; Microteaching; Participation; Skill Analysis; Skill Development; Social Networks; Teacher Competency Testing; Technological Literacy; Transcripts (Written Records); Vignettes; Australia; Victoria

The use of online discussion has a long history in distance education and higher education generally, and has recently been proposed as a means of supporting beginning teachers as they face the challenge of being new to the profession. Often using text-based asynchronous programs, online discussion...