Journal
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 1479-1493Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12586
Keywords
academic performance; cognitive presence; Community of Inquiry; online project-based learning; social presence
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- China Scholarship Council [201706310134]
- Huaqiao University [20JF-JXGZ20]
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Project-based learning engages students in knowledge acquisition, application, and construction through artefact development. This study characterized college students' social and cognitive presences in online PjBL and examined how presence was related to their academic performance. Results showed that certain components and sub-components of students' social presence, and levels and sub-levels of their cognitive presence were positively associated with their academic performance.
Project-based learning (PjBL) engages students in knowledge acquisition, application, and construction through artefact development. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, this study characterized college students' social and cognitive presences in online PjBL and examined how presence was related to their academic performance. Twenty-four groups of students participated in a 3-week project via WeChat discussion groups and created a final product. Transcripts of students' online discourse were collected and analysed by a coding scheme. The quality of students' artefacts was evaluated by a grading rubric. Descriptive results showed that the component of affectiveness and the level of exploration accounted for the majority of students' social and cognitive presences, respectively. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that certain components and sub-components of students' social presence, and levels and sub-levels of their cognitive presence were positively associated with their academic performance. Practical implications for teachers and suggestions for further research are provided.
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