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Mobile messaging can deepen course discussion engagement
Compared with forum-style discussion, WeChat-based mobile instant messaging better supported interaction, relationships, and higher-level cognitive engagement in optional tasks.
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What were the two discussion conditions?
Mobile instant messaging (WeChat) versus asynchronous online discussion.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What MIM affordances supported motivation?
Higher intimacy and interactivity that can meet psychological needs for motivation.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What cognitive-engagement pattern appeared in optional tasks?
MIM showed more indicators of idea exchange and creativity/creating activities.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
Where and when was the course offered?
A large university in Hong Kong in the 2016–2017 school year.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What was the course meeting pattern?
Once a week, three hours each week, for eight weeks.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What design was used because random assignment was impractical?
A quasi-experiment with a historical cohort control group.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What app did the experimental group use?
WeChat for course-related discussion.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What complaint did students raise about MIM devices?
Low input ability and poor readability of long messages on phones.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
How many students completed the compared quiz by group?
26 in MIM and 28 in AOD.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What broader instructional claim do authors make?
MIM is promising for engaging students in social learning and fostering higher-level thinking through interaction.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What teaching approach framed the course?
A flipped approach.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified
What engagement dimensions were studied?
Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement.
Source: Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study · DOI · quote verified