On Being Too Nice: Message Interaction in an Asynchronous Learning Network

Authors:	Roulet, Geoffrey Khan, Steven Lazarus, Jill
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Keywords:	online communication collaboration
Issue Date:	27-Mar-2008
Publisher:	İstanbul Üniversitesi
Citation:	Roulet, G., Khan, S., & Lazarus, J. (2008). On Being Too Nice: Message Interaction in an Asynchronous Learning Network. In S. Gülseçen & Z. Ayvaz Reis (Eds.), Future-Learning: 2nd international Future-Learning conference on innovations in learning for the future 2008: elearning (Istanbul, Turkey, March 27-29, 2008) proceedings (pp. 439-447): Istanbul: Istanbul University.
Abstract:	The interact system model (ISM) is used to examine the interactions between messages submitted during online discussions related to a graduate education course in curriculum theory. Interactions are analyzed using complexity science and conclusions are drawn concerning structures that could enhance discussion and support the construction of collective understandings.