Consenso como Indicativo de Qualidade em Fóruns Educacionais: Uma Análise no Âmbito de MOOC

Resumo

Chat discussions and forums in online teaching platforms, such as those for Massive Open Online Couses - MOOC, serve to build consensual conclusions that add pedagogical value. The study of the correlation between consensus and the quality of conclusion in online discussions has received little attention. This article uses "Soft Consensus" - when consensus may be graded, from none to unanimity - to present a statistical study where such correlation is measured from MOOC forum data and instructor support for consensual conclusion is the indicator of quality. Preliminary results point to a negative correlation.