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Table 6 Segment content coding scheme

From: Understanding how facilitators adapt to needs of STEM faculty in online learning communities: a case study

Code

Description

Status update

A report of teaching practice. E.g., “How are things going?”, “Where are you at in the curriculum?”, or “Anything you want to discuss?”

Logistical/practical

Talk related to how members do things in their NGPET course/classroom; why they make certain choices about the NGPET curriculum; general information. No explicit focus on issues of student learning; does not include conversations that lead to substantial pedagogical rationale for decisions

Pedagogical

Conversations specifically talking about issues of student learning or the impact/effect on teaching and/or learning processes. E.g., providing explanation of student thinking in relation to difficulties learning a physics concept, or providing a pedagogical rationale for why certain things are done a particular way in their classroom

Other

Does not fit into other categories. E.g., explanation of a physics concept related to the curriculum without connecting it to student learning or teaching