Increasing Access to Quality Learning Through Effective Use of Peer Feedback in Online Discussions

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Publications:

  • Ertmer, P. A., Richardson, J. C., Lehman, J. D., Newby, T. J., Cheng, C., Mong, C., & Sadaf, A. (2010). Peer feedback in a large undergraduate blended course: Perceptions of value and learning. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 43(1), 67-88.

  • Richardson, J. C., & Ice, P. (2010). Investigating students' level of critical thinking across instructional strategies in online discussions. Internet in Higher Education, 13, 52-59.


Conference Proceedings:

  • Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Lehman, J. D., & Newby, T. J. (2007, October). Using peer feedback in online discussions to improve critical thinking. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Anaheim, CA. Download paper (PDF)

  • Ertmer, P., Gedik, N., Richardson, J.C., Yang, D. & Newby, T. (2008, February). Undergraduate students' perceptions of the value of online discussions: A comparison between education and engineering students. Proceedings from Society from Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference: Las Vegas.

  • Ertmer, P., Gedik, N., Richardson, J.C. & Newby, T. (2008, June) Perceived value of online discussions: Perceptions of engineering and education students. Proceedings from EdMedia World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications: Vienna, Austria. Download paper (PDF)

  • Lehman, J. D., Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Newby, T. J., & Campbell, J. C. (2009, June). Impact of asynchronous online discussions: A study of implementation in two large-enrollment blended courses. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009 (pp. 2928-2936 ). Chesapeake, VA: AACE Download paper (PDF)

  • Lehman, J. D., Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Cheng, X., Mong, C., & Sadaf, A. (2009, October). Using asynchronous online discussions in blended courses: Comparing impacts across courses in three content areas. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Louisville, KY. Download paper (PDF)

Conference Presentations:

  • Richardson, J.C. & Ertmer, P.E. (2007, July). Using peer feedback to enhance online discussions. China-US Conference on Literacy: Beijing , China.

  • Richardson, J.C., Ertmer, P. Newby, T. & Lehman, J. (2007, April). Peer feedback in online discussions: Can we impact students' critical thinking skills? American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL.

  • Richardson , J.C, Ertmer, P., Newby, T. & Lehman, J. (2007, October). Using peer feedback in online discussions to improve critical thinking. Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Anaheim , CA.

  • Richardson , J.C., Ertmer, P., Lehman, J., Newby, T., Campbell, J. (2007, November). Peer feedback in online discussions: Can we impact students' critical thinking skills? The 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: Orlando, FL.

  • Ertmer, P., Gedik, N., Richardson , J.C., Yang, D. & Newby, T. (2008, February). Undergraduate students' perceptions of the value of online discussions: A comparison between education and engineering students. Annual Meeting for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education: Las Vegas, NV.

  • Ertmer, P., Gedik, N., Richardson, J.C. & Newby, T. (2008, June) Perceived value of online discussions: Perceptions of engineering and education students. EdMedia World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications: Vienna , Austria.

  • Richardson , J.C., Ertmer, P., Newby, T. Lehman, J. (2008, November) Online discussion question formats impact on students' perceived and actual learning. The 14th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks: Orlando, FL.

  • Richardson , J.C., Ertmer, P.A., Newby, T. Lehman, J.D., Sadaf, A., Yang, D., Cheng, X., Gedik, N. T. (2009, April). Students' perceptions of various instructional strategies in online discussions. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

  • Lehman, J., Richardson, J., Ertmer, P., Newby, T., (2009, April). Using student peer feedback in online discussions. Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

  • Lehman, J. D., Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Newby, T. J., & Campbell, J. (2009, June). Impact of asynchronous online discussions: A study of implementation in two large-enrollment blended courses. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications (Ed-Media 2009): Honolulu, HI.

  • Lehman, J., Richardson, J., Ertmer, P., Newby, T., Cheng, X., Mong, C. & Sadaf, A. (2009, October). Using asynchronous online discussions in blended courses: Comparing impacts across courses in three content areas. Association for Educational Communications and Technology annual conference: Louisville, KY. Download paper (PDF) and/or presentation (PDF).

  • Sadaf, A. (2010, April). Critical thinking in online discussions: Role of initial question prompts. Poster presented at the 3 rd annual Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium. Purdue University.

  • Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Newby, T. J., Lehman, J. D., Sadaf, A., Yang, D., Cheng, C., & Gedik, N. (2010, May). Examining the relationship between students' instructional strategies and critical thinking in online discussions . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO.

  • Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P. A., Newby, T. J., Lehman, J. D., Cheng, C., Mong, C., & Sadaf, A. (2010, May). Impact of peer feedback in online discussions on students' motivation and learning strategies . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO.

Upcoming Conference Presentations:

  • Sadaf, A., Richardson, J. C., & Ertmer, P. A. (2010, October). The impact of question prompts on critical thinking in online discussions. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Anaheim, CA.

  • Ertmer, P. A., Ertmer, D. J., Sadaf, A., & Richardson, J. C. (2011, February). Designing effective question prompts to facilitate critical thinking in online discussions. Paper accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Rome, Italy.