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Participation and interaction: F2F vs. online.

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| December 22, 2006 | Maurino, Paula San Millan | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Research has shown that traditional college classrooms do not produce copious classroom discussion or participation and interaction is largely teacher directed. Current distance education pedagogy promotes extensive student-to-student interaction. This project involved researching student interaction and participation. Research methods included faculty interviews, classroom observations, analysis of student course evaluation forms and online database transcripts. The results of the study showed that online classes generated more interaction and discussion than traditional face-to-face classes and upper level classes produced more discussion and ...

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