How does online teamwork change student communication patterns in programming courses?
Natalya Kozhevnikova

TL;DR
This study investigates how online teamwork influences student communication patterns in programming courses, revealing increased peer interaction and positive communication, which may enhance learning outcomes in online education.
Contribution
It provides a comparative analysis of communication patterns in MOOCs and blended courses, highlighting the impact of team assignments and peer instruction on student interactions.
Findings
Students prefer peer help over instructor assistance.
Team assignments foster more positive and frequent peer communication.
Only team leaders communicate with instructors, reducing teacher workload.
Abstract
Online teaching has become a new reality due to the COVID-19 pandemic raising a lot of questions about its learning outcomes. Recent studies have shown that peer communication positively affects learning outcomes of online teaching. However, it is not clear how collaborative programming tasks change peer communication patterns in the learning process. In this study, we compare communication patterns in MOOCs where peer communication is limited with those of a blended course in which students are involved in online peer instruction. We used a mixed-method approach comprising automated text analysis and community extraction with further qualitative analysis. The results show that students prefer to seek help in programming from peers and not the teacher. Team assignment helped to support this habit. Students communicated more positively and intensively with each other, while only team…
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Taxonomy
TopicsOnline Learning and Analytics · Online and Blended Learning · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
