Case Study
Course and the participants
The case study presented in this paper takes place at a distance learning institution and students are studying for an MSc in Science and Society. The course is about science communication, has normally around 90 students registered a year, lasts 32 weeks and most of the tuition is conducted electronically using a text based asynchronous conferencing system. The course web site provides access to a number of digital tools including forums, wikis, news feeds, etc. Students are expected to take part in moderated and informal online forums. These include administrative ones such as 'News' forum, 'Café' forum for informal discussions among students, 'Course forum' covering issues emerging from course materials and also smaller group discussion forums for planning, assessment and teaching-related discussions. In addition 3 limited duration online seminar forums provide task-based discussions on particular topics related to course materials (one of which investigated in this paper). The course reviews the variety of ways in which scientific ideas are communicated to the public by formal and informal means and the relationship between scientists and the media is discussed. Information and communication technologies are used to allow students to engage in discussions and access the web for information. The course aims to help students develop skills in communicating scientific ideas to a variety of audiences, to develop skills in the study of communication and to consider ways in which the contemporary mass media influence the communication of scientific information and understanding. In the course online seminars are the main means of communication between students and their teachers and their only opportunity for collaborative work. These online seminars are mainly asynchronous conferences lasting from one day to 2-3 weeks. The online seminar investigated in this study is a day-long one and the communication is near synchronous.
กรณีศึกษาหลักสูตรและผู้เข้าร่วมThe case study presented in this paper takes place at a distance learning institution and students are studying for an MSc in Science and Society. The course is about science communication, has normally around 90 students registered a year, lasts 32 weeks and most of the tuition is conducted electronically using a text based asynchronous conferencing system. The course web site provides access to a number of digital tools including forums, wikis, news feeds, etc. Students are expected to take part in moderated and informal online forums. These include administrative ones such as 'News' forum, 'Café' forum for informal discussions among students, 'Course forum' covering issues emerging from course materials and also smaller group discussion forums for planning, assessment and teaching-related discussions. In addition 3 limited duration online seminar forums provide task-based discussions on particular topics related to course materials (one of which investigated in this paper). The course reviews the variety of ways in which scientific ideas are communicated to the public by formal and informal means and the relationship between scientists and the media is discussed. Information and communication technologies are used to allow students to engage in discussions and access the web for information. The course aims to help students develop skills in communicating scientific ideas to a variety of audiences, to develop skills in the study of communication and to consider ways in which the contemporary mass media influence the communication of scientific information and understanding. In the course online seminars are the main means of communication between students and their teachers and their only opportunity for collaborative work. These online seminars are mainly asynchronous conferences lasting from one day to 2-3 weeks. The online seminar investigated in this study is a day-long one and the communication is near synchronous.
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