Effectiveness of Using Online Discussion Forum for Case Study Analysis

Table 4

Summary of analysis.

Content analysis	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
No evidence that the student read/understood others’ ideas/contributions	56%	44%	54%	34%
Responding to others contribution by elaboration/critique or building-up	15%	21%	31%	36%
Evidence of good analysis of the case study data	32%	41%	39%	44%
Evidence of using and citing other sources/references in the response	17%	18%	21%	24%
Demonstrable understanding of the questions and identification of issues in case study	21%	27%	33%	39%
Effective written communication	64%	72%	56%	71%
Evidence of pooling different ideas, expertise, and information in the development of an artifact; (related to question 3 only)	NA	NA	45%	NA