Students’ Participation in Online Discussion of ESP Course through Team Based Project
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ESP Course, IQF, Online Learning, Team-Based Project.
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This study aims to analyze students’ participation in online discussion forum of ESP course with Team Based Project. The materials and process of this model have been designed in the LMS for students. There were 98 participants from 5 classes of ESP course taken as the sample of this research. Various difficulties faced by students in developing communication in writing become more complicated when learning is done online. Team based project is applied because it demands the ability of the students themselves to solve problems (Student Center Learning) and in responding to the acquirement of Indonesian Qualification Framework (IQF) Curriculum that as a new Higher Education Key Performance Indicator (IKU) from the Ministry of Education. A survey with quantitative approach is conducted in this research. The results show that the respondents reacted to numerous responses into many aspects such as; 1) demographic information; 2) patterns of online participation 3) frequency of participation in online discussion forum; 4) percentage of read but no response posts; 5) percentage of response and response posts; 6) benefits of participation in online forum; 7) perceived impact of discussion forum on student learning and performance; and 8) problems of participation in online forum.
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Dewi, N. R., Hartoyo , I., & Saragih , A. T. (2022). Students’ Participation in Online Discussion of ESP Course through Team Based Project. Asian Social Science and Humanities Research Journal (ASHREJ), 4(2), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.37698/ashrej.v4i2.137
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Babbie, E. (2004). The Practice of Social Research (10th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Beck, E. & Greive, D. (2005). Going the distance: A handbook for part-time & adjunct Faculty who teach online. Ann Arbor, MI: Adjunct Advocate, Inc.
Blau, I; Mor, N; & Neuthal, T. (2009). Open the Windows of Communication: Promoting Interpersonal and Group Interactions Using Blogs in Higher Education”, Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects 5, 233-246.
Brady, L. (2004). The role of interactivity on the effectiveness of an educational science website for middle school students. Unpublished Dissertation. Wichita State University.
Brandon Goodman, Project-Based Learning, Educational Psychology [Online], Fall, 2010. , Ferra Dian Andany, “The Implementation of Projrct-Based Learning Method in Teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes): Case Study”, SELL Journal [Online], Volume 5 Nomor 1 (Februari 2020): 78, accessed 23 July 2021.
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Cheong, W.S. & Hew, K.F. (2008). Attracting student participation in asynchronous online discussions: A case study of peer facilitation. Computers and Education 51 (3), .1111- 1124.
Comrey, A. L. (1971). An introduction to factor analysis. New York: Academic Press.
Davies, J. & Graff, M. (2005). Performance in e-learning: online participation and student grades. British
Journal of Educational Technology 36 (4), 657–664.
Garrison, D. R. (1997). Computer conferencing: the post-industrial age of distance education”, Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning 12 (2), 3-11.
Giannini-Gachago, D. & Seleka, G. (2005). Experiences with international online discussions: Participation patterns of Botswana and American students in an Adult Education and Development course at the University of Botswana. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) 1 (2), 163-184.
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Maya, M.B. & Zuhairi, A. (2009). Students’ participation in online learning in business courses at University Terbuka, Indonesia.Retrieved 18 May ,2011,from http://www.ou.nl/Docs/Campagnes/ICDE2009/Papers/Final_paper_054mayamaria.pd
Peachey, P; Jones, P &. Jones, A. (2006). Encouraging Student Participation in an Online Course Using ‘Pull’ Initiatives. Electronic Journal of E-learning EJEL. Retrieved 17 May, 2011, from http://www.ejel.org/volume-4/v4-i1/peachey-paul-et-al.pdf
Picciano, A. G. (2002). Beyond student perceptions: Issues of interaction, presence, and performance in an online course. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 6 (1), 2140.
Prinsen, F., Volman, M. L. L., & Terwel, J. (2007). The influence of learner characteristics on degree and type of participation in a CSCL environment”, British Journal of Educational Technology 38 (6), 1037–1055.
Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2008). Online motivational factors: Incentives for participation and contribution in Wikipedia”, In A. Barak (Ed.), Psychological aspects of cyberspace: Theory, research, applications. Cambridge University Press.
Roblyer M.D. & Ekhaml, L. (2000). How interactive are your distance courses? A rubric for assessing interaction in distance learning. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Vol. 3, No. 2. Retrieved May 5, 2004, from http://www.westga.edu/~distance/roblyer32.html
Rovai, A. P., & Barnum, K. T. (2003). On-line course effectiveness: An analysis of student interactions and perceptions of learning. Journal of Distance Education 18 (1), 57- 73.
Virk, B. (2004). A Balancing Act: Improving Student Online Discussion Participation. Retrieved 17 May, 2011, from http://itdl.org/journal/jun_04/index.htm
Vonderwell, S., & Zachariah, S. (2005). Factors that influence participation in online learning”, Journal of Research on Technology in Education 38 (2), 213-230.
Vrasidas, C., & McIsaac, M. (1999). Factors influencing interaction in an online course. The American Journal of Distance Education 13 (3), 22–36.
Wang, S. & Tang, T. I. (2003). Assessing customer perceptions of Web sites service quality in digital marketing environments. Journal of End User Computing 15 (.3), .14–31.
Wishart, C., & Guy, R. 2009. Analysing responses, moves, and roles in online discussions. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects 5, 129-144. Retrieved 18 May, 2011, from http://ijello.org/Volume5/IJELLOv5p129-144Wishart658.pdf
Yang, X; Li, Y; Tan, C.H, & Teo, H.H. 2007. Students' participation intention in an online discussion forum: Why is computer-mediated interaction attractive? Information and Management 44 (5), 456 – 466.
Yukselturk, E. 2010. An investigation into the factors affecting students’ participation level in an online discussion forum”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 9 (2), 24-32
Zuckerman, O; Blau, I. &Monroy-Hernández, A. 2009. Children's Participation Patterns in Online Communities: An Analysis of Israeli Learners in the Scratch Online Community”, Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects. 5, 263- 274.