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Multiplicity of Synchronous Online Class Discussion Activity: A Conceptual Exploration

실시간 온라인 수업 토론 활동의 중층성에 대한 개념적 탐색

  • Received : 2018.12.03
  • Accepted : 2019.03.20
  • Published : 2019.03.28
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Abstract

In this study, the multiplicity of synchronous online class discussion activity is explored at conceptual level. From the cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), each utterance may be considered as a product of the activity system. Alderfer's ERG theory is employed as another theoretical framework for the study. Based on the subject's existence, relationship, growth needs, their class discussion activities constitute four different dimensions: physical/biological, cultural/institutional, social/relational, and cooperative knowledge construction. It is inherent in individual activities and has a different arrangement according to their interests and situations, and at the same time acts as a factor of cooperation and competition among the participants. Through this, collective discussion activities represent complex and dynamic development patterns.

본 연구에서는 실시간 통신 기술을 적용한 온라인 수업 토론 활동의 중층적 구조와 역동적 전개 양상을 개념적 수준에서 분석하였다. 문화역사적 활동이론에 근거하여 온라인상에서의 개별 발화를 활동체제의 산물로 간주하였으며, Alderfer의 욕구 위계이론을 주체의 동기와 의도를 분석하는 틀로 활용하였다. 온라인 수업 토론은 전체로서 하나의 활동체제로 작동하며, 특별히 활동 주체들의 욕구에 따라 기본 방향과 성격이 규정된다. 주체의 존재, 관계, 성장의 욕구에 따라 이들의 수업 토론 활동은 물리/생물적 차원, 문화/제도적 차원, 사회/관계적 차원, 협력적 지식 구성의 차원으로 규정된다. 이는 개별 활동 체제 안에 중층적으로 존재하며, 각자의 관심과 처지에 따라 배열이 달라지고, 동시에 활동체제 간의 협력과 갈등의 요인으로 작용한다. 이를 통해 집단적 토론 활동은 복잡하고 역동적으로 발전한다.

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Fig. 1. Engestrom’s Activity System Model

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