COLODA: an assessment and facilitation support tool for teachers adopting discussion forum in inquiry learning

Abstract

Main Theme: E-Learning in a Changing Landscape of Emerging Technologies and PedagogiesSub-theme: Learning analytics: analysis and visualization tools to support assessment for learning and just-in-time feedback - Workshop: paper no. 569One of the major challenges facing teachers who use discussion forums to support students’ collaborative inquiry is understanding students’ progress and identifying appropriate facilitation when there is limited time to navigate through large numbers of postings. This workshop provides an opportunity for participants to experience using automated analyses output from COLODA to make sense of students’ interactions and progress. COLODA is a web-based discourse analysis tool that generates quantitative and qualitative data to inform the progress of collaborative ideas advancement. Participants will have chance to work on real data and to discuss the pedagogical value and use of this tool.link_to_OA_fulltex