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Talkabout: small-group discussions in massive global classes

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Julia Cambre,

Chinmay Kulkarni,

Michael S. Bernstein,

Scott R. KlemmerAuthors Info & Claims

L@S '14: Proceedings of the first ACM conference on Learning @ scale conference

Pages 161 - 162

https://doi.org/10.1145/2556325.2567859

Published: 04 March 2014 Publication History

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In the physical classroom, peer interactions motivate students and expand their perspective. We suggest that synchronous peer interaction can benefit massive online courses as well. Talkabout organizes students into video discussion groups and allows instructors to determine group composition and discussion content. Using Talkabout, students pick a discussion time that suits their schedule. The system groups the students into small video discussions based on instructor preferences such as gender or geographic balance. To date, 2,474 students in five massive online courses have used Talkabout to discuss topics ranging from prejudice to organizational theory. Talkabout discussions are diverse: in one course, the median six-person discussion group had students from four different countries. Students enjoyed discussing in these diverse groups: the average student participated for 66 minutes, twice the course requirement. Students in more geographically distributed groups also scored higher on the final, suggesting that distributed discussions have educational value.

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Talkabout: small-group discussions in massive global classes
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Collaborative learning

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L@S '14: Proceedings of the first ACM conference on Learning @ scale conference

March 2014

234 pages

ISBN:9781450326698

DOI:10.1145/2556325

General Chair:
Mehran Sahami
Stanford University, USA
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Program Chairs:
Armando Fox
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Marti A. Hearst
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Michelene T.H. Chi
Arizona State University, USA

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