Abstract

BARROS, Daniela Melaré Vieira; SANTOS, Vanessa Matos dos  and  ROMERO, Cristina Sánchez. Strategies to collaborative work: revisiting the use of online forums in distance education. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.60, pp.221-245.  Epub Feb 04, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.060.ds10.

How can online forums be strategic spaces for the development of collaborative learning skills? The present study started from this questioning and focused on the interaction of Portuguese and Spanish students in online discussion forums in subjects related to Education and offered by the Open University (UAb) of Portugal and the National University of Distance Education (UNED) of Spain. Interaction data were collected and analyzed qualitatively in function of different didactic strategies developed by the teachers. The results revealed different strategic approaches that can be used in online forums such as the diversification of the types of questions proposed and the activities requested, involving several formats of interaction and participation in these learning spaces.

Keywords : Online forum; Distance education; Collaboration; Collaborative learning.

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