Luring the Lurkers: Increasing Participations in the Online Discussions of a Blended Learning Course

• Main Author: Chuah, Kee-Man
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2014
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4392/1/Luring%20the%20Lurkers%20Increasing%20Participations%20in%20the%20Online%20Discussions%20of%20a%20Blended%20Learning%20Course%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4392/

Despite the popularity of online discussion threads, there is a growing concern on the lack of participation among the learners. The number of responses in discussion threads is dropping and has discouraged healthy exchanges of ideas among the learners. Most learners tend to be online lurkers who ra...