<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects "^^ . "This paper compares the effectiveness of online forum discussion between quantitative \r\nand qualitative subjects offered to learners of Open University Malaysia (OUM). OUM \r\nadopted by OUM for its open and distance learning (ODL) comprises three components; \r\nself-managed learning, face-to-face interactions and online learning through myLMS to \r\nfacilitate teaching and learning process. The nature of online learning requires high \r\ncommitment from the learners, especially self-managed learning and collaborative online \r\nlearning. Learning quantitative subjects such as mathematics or finance in a \r\nconventional environment is very demanding and it is difficult to grasp by a majority of \r\nlearners compared to learning qualitative subjects such as management or marketing. \r\nThe same problem existed in learning these subjects through e-learning. Therefore, \r\ninteractions between the academic staff or tutors with the learners and also amongst \r\nlearners are important. Thus, it is critical that quality and effective teaching and learning \r\nprogression take place in online forum discussion. Community of Inquiry (CoI) is the \r\nmost accepted model for online learning. The model as suggested by Garrison, Anderson \r\nand Archer (2000) stated that online learning occurs through the interaction of three \r\ndomains: teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence. Research findings \r\nindicate that there the mean score for all the three domains of CoI are relatively the same \r\nfor both quantitative and qualitative subjects. Social Presence was the highest (mean \r\nscore of 3.55 and 3.60 for BBPP 1103 and BBMP 1103, respectively) indicating learners \r\nare comfortable interacting with their peers via online forums. (Authors' abstract)"^^ . "2009" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Norbaini Abdul Halim"^^ . " Norbaini Abdul Halim"^^ . . "Chooi Chea"^^ . "Chiam "^^ . "Chooi Chea Chiam "^^ . . ""^^ . "Raziana Che Aziz"^^ . " Raziana Che Aziz"^^ . . ""^^ . "Rosila Abu Zarin"^^ . " Rosila Abu Zarin"^^ . . "Open University Malaysia "^^ . . . . . "International Conference On University Education 2009"^^ . . . . . "INTEC-UiTM Shah Alam"^^ . . . . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Text)"^^ . . . . . "Effectiveness_OFD.pdf"^^ . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "A Comparative Study on the \r\nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #552 \n\nA Comparative Study on the \nEffectiveness of Online Forum Discussion: Quantitative vs Qualitative Subjects \n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . . . "LC5800 Distance education"@en . .