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Table 7 The theoretically possible combinations of TxOTL codes

From: The Taxonomy of Opportunities to Learn (TxOTL): a tool for understanding the learning potential and substance of interactions in faculty (online) learning community meetings

Concept development

Communicative approach

Meeting segment category

No

N/A

Social Chit-Chat

 

Mono, low interanimation, or

Meta

 

high interanimation

Logistics

 

interactive or non-interactive

Status Update

  

Generating Detailed Description and Explanations for Pedagogical Problem

  

Generating Solutions to problem without why

  

Generating Solutions to problem with why

Yes

High interanimation

Developing a Pedagogical Concept

 

interactive or non-interactive

 
  1. Concept development requires that a high interanimation communicative approach is used; however, high interanimation can occur when there is no concept development. For example, participants can compare and contrast lived concepts (such as their experience with a teaching issue), without discussing a formal concept. We do not code Social Chit-Chat segments for communicative approach (as explained in “Analytic approach” section)