scholarly journals Political online participation and its effects: Theory, measurement, and results

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Friess ◽  
Tobias Escher ◽  
Katharina Gerl ◽  
Michael Baurmann
Keyword(s):  
Online Participation

Exploring the learning potential of online gaming communities: An application of the Game Communities of Inquiry Scale

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110271
Author(s):  
Enrico Gandolfi ◽  
Richard E Ferdig ◽  
Ilker Soyturk
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Community Of Inquiry Framework ◽  
Gaming Communities ◽  
Validated Instrument

Online gaming is becoming increasingly social and interconnected. Millions of players learn from each other in game-related communities on platforms like Reddit and Twitch.tv. However, few studies have been conducted to examine socially constructed learning in such environments. The purpose of this study was to explore learning in game-related communities using the Game Community of Inquiry Scale (GCoIS). GCoIS is a validated instrument inspired by the community of inquiry framework and developed for measuring constructed learning in these outlets. Over 1000 participants completed an online questionnaire that included the GCoIS and additional variables (e.g. demographics, gaming habits, and gaming metacognition) for measuring possible associations. Results pointed to gender, age, online participation, and metacognition about gaming as significant predictors of GCoIS. Findings suggest that gaming communities can serve as opportunities for meaningful learning when novice members are welcomed and assisted by experts and support is given to older and female gamers.

Ultimate conversation: Fitzpatrick at Warwick, February 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Abdul Paliwala
Keyword(s):  
Law School ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Seriously Ill

AbstractThis is the edited transcript of a seminar on 27 February 2020 organised at Warwick Law School in appreciation of the work of Peter Fitzpatrick. Peter was seriously ill at the time but was desirous of online participation. Sadly, the seminar was the last public performance by Peter prior to his death. A variety of themes in Peter's work are discussed, including his critique of H.L.A. Hart, his notion of ‘slow reading’, the relationship between theory and grounded engagement with people, the idea of community and relationality, the role of the critic, self-criticism, the impossibility of law, decoloniality, occidentalism, mythologies and governmentality, and the significance of narratives.

scholarly journals Exploring university students’ use of technologies beyond the formal learning context: A tale of two online platforms

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Deng ◽  
Nicole Judith Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
And Control ◽  
Teaching Ideas

<p class="abstract">Situated within an informal learning context, this study examines how a group of pre-service teachers in Hong Kong use Facebook and Google Sites on their own initiative to fulfil their academic and socio-emotional needs during their teaching practice. Also included in the study are the motivating and inhibiting factors that influence student online participation. Guided by an informal learning model and the literature relating to online participation and sense of community, this exploratory study generates its findings from questionnaires, individual interviews and online postings. The results show that the Google Sites created an avenue for the students to share a range of self-developed teaching resources and ideas. Facebook is a more interactive platform through which the participants seek peer support, exchange teaching ideas, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics. Structure and control provided by Google Sites and immediacy and interactivity afforded by Facebook become complementary to each other.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Does Mode Matter? Measuring the Effects of Different Types of Online Political Engagement on Offline Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (43) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Cantijoch Cunill
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
General Election ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Different Types

Recent studies have shown that online participation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that replicates and extends existing forms of political engagement. What is less clear is the mobilizing potential of these different types of activity and particularly whether they trigger offline participation. This paper addresses these questions in an analysis of citizens online and offline behaviour in the context of a UK General Election. Specifically we identify three different modes of online engagement in the campaign, profile the individuals most likely to engage in them, and examine whether they affected individuals’ likelihood of voting. Our findings show that while newer social media based ‘e-expressive’ activities are most likely to appeal to those individuals who are not already engaged in politics they do not necessarily increase the likelihood of voting. By contrast higher consumption of news and information online during an election does appear to significantly boost individuals’ chances of turning out to vote.

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