{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2018821051","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290600811578","title":"Learning in asynchronous discussion groups: a multilevel approach to study the influence of student, group and task characteristics","display_name":"Learning in asynchronous discussion groups: a multilevel approach to study the influence of student, group and task characteristics","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-11-30","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2018821051","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290600811578","mag":"2018821051"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/01449290600811578","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290600811578","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S123849098","display_name":"Behaviour and Information Technology","issn_l":"0144-929X","issn":["0144-929X","1362-3001"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Behaviour & Information Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007920462","display_name":"Tammy Schellens","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-7347"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12607205","display_name":"University College Ghent","ror":"https://ror.org/00rs45z86","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32597200","display_name":"Ghent University","ror":"https://ror.org/00cv9y106","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801227569","display_name":"Ghent University Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/00xmkp704","country_code":"BE","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801227569"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"T. Schellens","raw_affiliation_strings":["a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200","https://openalex.org/I2801227569","https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023115755","display_name":"Hilde Van Keer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9819-4864"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32597200","display_name":"Ghent University","ror":"https://ror.org/00cv9y106","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801227569","display_name":"Ghent University Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/00xmkp704","country_code":"BE","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801227569"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12607205","display_name":"University College Ghent","ror":"https://ror.org/00rs45z86","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12607205"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H. van Keer","raw_affiliation_strings":["a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200","https://openalex.org/I2801227569","https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029729439","display_name":"Mart\u00edn Valcke","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-4197"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32597200","display_name":"Ghent University","ror":"https://ror.org/00cv9y106","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12607205","display_name":"University College Ghent","ror":"https://ror.org/00rs45z86","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801227569","display_name":"Ghent University Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/00xmkp704","country_code":"BE","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801227569"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"M. Valcke","raw_affiliation_strings":["a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200","https://openalex.org/I2801227569","https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061691178","display_name":"Bram De Wever","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-4915"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32597200","display_name":"Ghent University","ror":"https://ror.org/00cv9y106","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801227569","display_name":"Ghent University Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/00xmkp704","country_code":"BE","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801227569"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12607205","display_name":"University College Ghent","ror":"https://ror.org/00rs45z86","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12607205"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"B. de Wever","raw_affiliation_strings":["a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"a   Department of Education , Ghent University ,  Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200","https://openalex.org/I2801227569","https://openalex.org/I12607205"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Education, Ghent University, Belgium#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007920462"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12607205","https://openalex.org/I2801227569","https://openalex.org/I32597200"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":28.5829,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":85,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99480936,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"26","issue":"1","first_page":"55","last_page":"71"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10162","display_name":"Online and Blended Learning","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10162","display_name":"Online and Blended Learning","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10636","display_name":"Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods","score":0.998199999332428,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9890999794006348,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.739084005355835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.6654192209243774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/asynchronous-communication","display_name":"Asynchronous communication","score":0.615598201751709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multilevel-model","display_name":"Multilevel model","score":0.4877544045448303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/asynchronous-learning","display_name":"Asynchronous learning","score":0.4512662887573242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","score":0.4497780203819275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/style","display_name":"Style (visual arts)","score":0.44564521312713623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.42924410104751587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.3992975354194641},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/applied-psychology","display_name":"Applied psychology","score":0.3660276532173157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-psychology","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","score":0.3246469795703888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.2650977373123169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cooperative-learning","display_name":"Cooperative learning","score":0.20697414875030518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teaching-method","display_name":"Teaching method","score":0.16266211867332458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.08866330981254578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.08016261458396912}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.739084005355835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6654192209243774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151319957","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752739","display_name":"Asynchronous communication","level":2,"score":0.615598201751709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53059260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374758","display_name":"Multilevel model","level":2,"score":0.4877544045448303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777072894","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4812204","display_name":"Asynchronous learning","level":5,"score":0.4512662887573242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781311116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83306","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","level":2,"score":0.4497780203819275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776445246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1792644","display_name":"Style (visual arts)","level":2,"score":0.44564521312713623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.42924410104751587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3992975354194641},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75630572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538904","display_name":"Applied psychology","level":1,"score":0.3660276532173157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.3246469795703888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2650977373123169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51672120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303446","display_name":"Cooperative learning","level":3,"score":0.20697414875030518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88610354","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1813494","display_name":"Teaching method","level":2,"score":0.16266211867332458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.08866330981254578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.08016261458396912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19122763","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7662215","display_name":"Synchronous learning","level":4,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/01449290600811578","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290600811578","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S123849098","display_name":"Behaviour and Information Technology","issn_l":"0144-929X","issn":["0144-929X","1362-3001"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Behaviour & Information Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:archive.ugent.be:367434","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-367434","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400478","display_name":"Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I32597200","host_organization_name":"Ghent University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32597200"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"ISSN: 0144-929X","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.800000011920929,"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":63,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W201782954","https://openalex.org/W430053520","https://openalex.org/W654211751","https://openalex.org/W1505789767","https://openalex.org/W1524481265","https://openalex.org/W1526520475","https://openalex.org/W1540612331","https://openalex.org/W1576560608","https://openalex.org/W1585430803","https://openalex.org/W1587700009","https://openalex.org/W1588615548","https://openalex.org/W1601343908","https://openalex.org/W1892531023","https://openalex.org/W1974776846","https://openalex.org/W1991619440","https://openalex.org/W1996802970","https://openalex.org/W2006157880","https://openalex.org/W2030769837","https://openalex.org/W2048245439","https://openalex.org/W2048914061","https://openalex.org/W2084583204","https://openalex.org/W2085067988","https://openalex.org/W2090314105","https://openalex.org/W2092141181","https://openalex.org/W2092251720","https://openalex.org/W2097454222","https://openalex.org/W2097632178","https://openalex.org/W2098414765","https://openalex.org/W2103148097","https://openalex.org/W2106563064","https://openalex.org/W2106990392","https://openalex.org/W2115195613","https://openalex.org/W2116543886","https://openalex.org/W2127557844","https://openalex.org/W2130736456","https://openalex.org/W2132542737","https://openalex.org/W2137576942","https://openalex.org/W2140205964","https://openalex.org/W2147110084","https://openalex.org/W2147735093","https://openalex.org/W2153270935","https://openalex.org/W2161843870","https://openalex.org/W2165633049","https://openalex.org/W2170864676","https://openalex.org/W2222760842","https://openalex.org/W2291425042","https://openalex.org/W2326539157","https://openalex.org/W2334261242","https://openalex.org/W2337068785","https://openalex.org/W2561138722","https://openalex.org/W2613245351","https://openalex.org/W2728598876","https://openalex.org/W2740612416","https://openalex.org/W2795460169","https://openalex.org/W2796615792","https://openalex.org/W2895518762","https://openalex.org/W4231042348","https://openalex.org/W4236584116","https://openalex.org/W4243155608","https://openalex.org/W4300157606","https://openalex.org/W4300342004","https://openalex.org/W4302785603","https://openalex.org/W4306636598"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W4226047841","https://openalex.org/W4312959804","https://openalex.org/W2156559761","https://openalex.org/W4309284750","https://openalex.org/W3042749926","https://openalex.org/W2942676992","https://openalex.org/W4384111593","https://openalex.org/W2082021845"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,41,148],"research":[1],"reported":[2],"in":[3,12,114,153],"the":[4,8,32,45,61,89,103,109,129,133,138,141,151],"current":[5],"article":[6],"studies":[7],"impact":[9,46,94],"of":[10,23,35,47,55,60,72,81,105,111,126,135,150],"learning":[11,97,143],"asynchronous":[13],"discussion":[14,62],"groups":[15],"on":[16,50],"students'":[17],"final":[18,86],"exam":[19,87],"scores":[20,88],"and":[21,38,108,137],"levels":[22,71,125],"knowledge":[24,73,112,127],"construction.":[25],"Multilevel":[26],"analyses":[27,90,130],"were":[28,121,166],"applied":[29],"to":[30,70,79,85,124,161],"uncover":[31],"specific":[33],"influence":[34],"student,":[36],"group":[37,63,119,155],"task":[39,75,162,177],"variables.":[40],"results":[42],"indicate":[43],"that":[44,132],"student":[48,96,106],"characteristics":[49,59,76,120],"both":[51],"dependent":[52],"variables":[53],"is":[54],"higher":[56],"significance":[57],"than":[58],"students":[64],"are":[65,145],"allocated":[66],"to.":[67],"With":[68,83],"regard":[69,84],"construction,":[74,128],"also":[77],"appear":[78],"be":[80],"importance.":[82],"reveal":[91],"a":[92,154,157],"significant":[93,118,146,158,164],"from":[95],"style,":[98],"attitude":[99,139],"towards":[100,140],"task-based":[101],"learning,":[102],"number":[104],"contributions":[107,136],"level":[110],"construction":[113],"these":[115],"contributions.":[116],"No":[117],"observed.":[122],"As":[123,160],"revealed":[131],"amount":[134],"online":[142],"environment":[144],"predictors.":[147],"intensity":[149],"interaction":[152],"had":[156],"impact.":[159],"characteristics,":[163],"differences":[165],"found":[167],"between":[168],"consecutive":[169],"themes.":[170],"These":[171],"disappeared":[172],"when":[173],"taking":[174],"into":[175],"account":[176],"complexity.":[178]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-07-02T09:51:11.867554","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}