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Scaffolding Problem-Centered

Collaborative Inquiry

in a Large Online Class

Yan Shen, Instructional Designer

Deena ur!hy, Instructor David "red#ell, edia Develo!er

$orth Carolina State %niversity

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&ac'ground

( Problem solving and higher-orderthinking skills are important learningoutcomes of higher education.

( NC State University Quality EnhancementPlan

( Improving students’ higher-order skills incritical and creative thinking.

( Challenges for large online classes( acilitate higher-order thinking

asynchronously.

( Create an online learning community ofthinkers.

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Online Course Conte)t

( !"S #$%& !omen and "ender in Science and 'echnology

( "eneral Education Program ("EP) U.S. *iversity

Course( +bout $,% students per online section

( igher-order learning obectives( Identify and describe a gender-related challenge in

society supported by academic articles.

( Propose and implement an intervention to amelioratethe eects of the gender-related challenge.

( Evaluate and reect on the implementedintervention.

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Problem-Centered Inquiry

Inquiry Task: !hat can you do to impact or createa change on a gender-related challenge/

Inquiry Process Original Project

DesignProblem 0denti1cation !rite a $%%-2ord proposal

about ho2 your group planto approach the task3including the proect topic

and related articles.

Solution "eneration

0mplementation0mplement the interventionby interacting 2ithparticipants.

4egulation4e5ect on proect e6perienceand present to the class.

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Instructional Challenge

( 'eaching and learning problems( Super1cial analysis of gender-related

challenge

( 0ntervention 2ith little interaction or impact

( No peer interaction across groups

( 0nstructional design 7uestion

( o2 can 2e improve students8 higher-orderthinking in proposing a community-basedintervention to address a gender-relatedchallenge/

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*valuation ethods

( Evaluation Question( o2 did the "oogle Site template and peer

interaction in5uence student thinking during

the proposal stage/

( *ata Collection( Conducted student survey at the end of the

proposal stage (N<=>3 ?,@ response rate).

( Collected discussion forum analytics.

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*valuation +esults

oogle Site "em!late( :odeling e6amples provided helpful resources.( >,@D looked at the problem statement e6ample and

the intervention e6ample.

( ?%@D looked at those e6amples multiple times.( "oogle Site features and collaboration prompts

supported group 2ork. Students commented&( Easy for each of our group members to contribute.

( A great tool to organie !group members’" thoughts.

( I liked the !group" brainstorming and idea making.

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*valuation +esults

Peer Interaction( Students actively participated in discussion forum.( +ll groups8 proposal threads received $%-#% replies.

( B%.>@ students made #-A posts ,B@ made BD posts.

( 4evie2ing peers8 proposals 2as helpful.( Student comment& #ome !peers’ proposal ideas" $ere

so impressive that I regret not thinking of them myself.

( Peer feedback prompted improving initial proposal.( B=.A@ reported revising intervention ideas.

( ?>.@ reported revising implementation plan.

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*valuation +esults

Peer Interaction( Peer feedback and earlier group

discussion promoted further collaborationon the proposal.

( "roups that spent A%D minutes discussingchallenges in the beginning 2ere more likelyto revise implementation plan based onfeedback (F#(A)<#$.A$$3 pG.%$).

( Student comment& At our ne%t groupmeeting& $e $ill go over all the feedback andad'ust !the proposal" as necessary.

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*valuation +esults

Challenges( Students felt over2helmed to form

groups and complete the proposal 2ithinone 2eek.

( Hnline communication posed diIcultiesfor groups to discuss and organiJethoughts.

("roups encountered challenges indistributing the 2ork3 reachingagreement3 and making decisions.

( "oogle Site does not allo2 group

members to edit the same pagesimultaneousl .

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"a'ea#ay Design Strategies

( Provide step-by-step instructions andguidance.

( o2 to set up and use "oogle Site.

( o2 to identify problem and generatesolution plan.

( Use "oogle Site along 2ith collaborationprompts to support group 2ork.

( "oogle Site provides collaboration space.

( Prompts suggest 2hen and ho2 tocollaborate.

( Elicit constructive peer feedback 2iths eci1c eer revie2 criteria.

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+ecommendations for

Im!lementation( *istribute the proposal activities tomultiple 2eeks.

( !eek $& orm groups and create "oogle Site.

( !eek #& *evelop proposal based on prompts.

( !eek A& Share proposal and interact 2ithpeers.

(acilitate communication andcollaboration.

( +ssist forming groups online.

( Keep group siJe small.

( Provide tools and strategies for meetingonline.

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