Dooly2022
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Dooly2022 |
| Author(s) | Melinda Dooly, Vincenza Tudini |
| Title | ‘We should google that’: the dynamics of knowledge-in-interaction in an online student meeting |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Multimodal conversation analysis, Technology-mediated learning, Online environments, Teacher education |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Classroom Discourse |
| Volume | 13 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 188-211 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/19463014.2021.2023596 |
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Abstract
This paper takes a multimodal conversation analytic approach to explore knowledge-in-interaction in a technology-mediated online environment (Skype videoconference) during a meeting between eight university students studying to become language teachers. The analysis considers the ways in which the student-teachers demonstrate their knowledge or understanding of telecollaborative project-based language learning while taking part in a telecollaborative exchange themselves. Given the growing predominance of online teaching and learning, it is increasingly relevant to have a deep understanding of the ongoing learner interaction that takes place in these environments, particularly considering that interaction can be understood as a trajectory of knowledge building. The study examines how the student-teachers make use of the different technological features of a videoconferencing platform to manage the assigned task, which is to complete a collaborative exam. These features include camera, shared links, parallel text chats and editing tools. Findings imply that the student-teachers sequentially organise their knowledge synthesis and co-construction of pedagogical understanding through technologically-supported mutually coordinated interaction. Although the analysis is contextually bound, the task-focused interaction that is highlighted is relevant to higher education teachers in a variety of contexts, apart from teacher education.
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