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- Vol 7 RE: Chapter 5
design-based researchonline discussioncognitive presencelarge-enrolment coursesdiscussion protocolsshared inquiryhigher-order discourseJournal article Evidence summaryAt a glance
Zydney and colleagues use design-based research to refine discussion protocols intended to promote cognitive presence in a large-enrolment online course.
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Across iterative implementations, the team examined how structured directions, facilitation supports, and revisions to the protocol influenced students’ progression from exchanging ideas toward integrating and applying knowledge. The study combines course-design intervention with evidence from discussion activity and participant experience, treating the protocol as a design that can be improved in response to observed difficulties. The authors report that purposeful structure can support shared inquiry in settings where scale makes sustained instructor facilitation difficult, but the protocol must balance guidance with enough flexibility for students to develop ideas together. The article is not a systematic review of technology-supported collaboration; it is an empirical design study of online discussion.
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