here's a quick look at the aggregated metadata for all of the online discussions I'm using in my thesis:
About the same number of posts in each platform, with a bit more of a time-spread in the WordPress discussions, substantially longer posts in WordPress, about the same (non) use of images, more links in WordPress posts, and more attachments in Blackboard posts.
See Also
- basic metadata analysis
- full online discussion metadata visualization
- on visualizing online discussions
- Ben Cowie on introducing first-year geoscience students to the primary scientific literature in a large classroom setting
- Notes: Jyothy, McAvinia & Keating: A visualisation tool to aid exploration of students interactions in asynchronous online communication