How we interact here and there? Analyzing verbal expressions in a virtual environment and in a face-to-face classroom with two different coding systems

Abstract

Given the incipient and fragmented nature of research into the use of information platforms, the study’s aim was to analyze characteristics of sociocognitive interaction in a blended learning group, in both a virtual and a face-to-face classroom environment. Similar subjects and tasks were conducted in both settings. The study employed two different codification systems: one designed for analyzing traditional face-to-face interactions, and the other for mediated interactions. The results indicated a greater variety of interactions within the face-to-face setting than in the virtual one, among other findings. It was also easier to apply the face-to-face coding model for use in analyzing the virtual setting than the other way around.