Online Course Student Collaboration Literature: A Review and Critique

被引:28
作者
Cherney, Maura R. [1 ]
Fetherston, Michelle [1 ]
Johnsen, Lauren Jean [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
[2] Univ Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
关键词
online; student; group; collaboration; review; GROUP-SIZE; GROUP WORK; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; ROLES; COMMUNICATION; EMOTION; PARTICIPATION; DISCUSSIONS; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.1177/1046496417721627
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
University online course enrollment continues to rise at a rate higher than that of traditional, face-to-face university education, and several benefits exist to creating a collaborative online course environment. Therefore, a need exists to critically consider existing research about small group work in online courses. The present article provides a meta-synthesis of 41 articles related to this topic. This meta-synthesis includes a review of literature followed by a discussion of critiques and directions for future research about online course student collaboration. Findings from this meta-synthesis include a lack of consistent definitions within literature about student collaboration online, methodological issues in existing empirical studies, and the lack of interdisciplinary contribution to online course small group literature.
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页码:98 / 128
页数:31
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