Effective moderation in asynchronous discussion forums in online language classrooms

Jackie Robbins

doi:10.5565/rev/jtl3.898

Eficàcia de la moderació dels fòrums asíncrons a les aules d’idiomes en línia

Autors/ores

Jackie Robbins Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-2096

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Aquest estudi investiga l’eficàcia de pràctiques diferents en l’ensenyament d’idiomes en línia comparant la participació de quatre grups d’estudiants i professors en dues tasques asíncrones als fòrums, en el context d’un curs d’anglès com a llengua estrangera B2 en una universitat catalana. Els missatges del professorat s’analitzen de manera qualitativa; es realitzen després anàlisis estadístiques inferencials per comparar les dades de participació dels estudiants en aules virtuals amb índexs de finalització diferents i en dos tipus de tasca. Els resultats indiquen que, quan els professors participen en els debats com si fossin un membre més i fan preguntes per fomentar l’intercanvi, augmenta la probabilitat de participació dels estudiants, un patró que sobresurt en aules amb majors índexs de finalització de curs.

Paraules clau

Aprenentatge d’idiomes en línia, Fòrums de debat, Participació, Tasca, Índex de finalització

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Biografia de l'autor/a

Jackie Robbins, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Jackie Robbins holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the Open University (UK), a Cambridge DELTA and is currently working
towards a PhD in Education at the UAB, focusing on learner engagement in online language learning. Her other research
interests include pedagogical innovation, task design for developing learners’ speaking and writing competences, language test development and language course adaptation for students with special needs. She has extensive experience teaching English as a foreign language in both face-to-face and online contexts from beginner to proficiency levels and has also taught English for Academic Purposes courses.

She currently coordinates the B2.1 and Cambridge First Preparation courses at the Centre for Modern Languages (CIM) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). She also coordinates the UOC's ACLES exam writing team and runs regular teacher development courses and marking standardisation workshops for the CIM.