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  <title><![CDATA[Julia Melkers Publishes Article on Participation in the "Virtual Classroom"]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Julia Melkers, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, has published the article &quot;Lurking and participation in the virtual classroom: The effects of gender, race, and age among graduate students in computer science,&quot; in the journal&nbsp;<em>Computers and Education.</em></p>

<p>The article explores patterns of participation in online academic programs, using the forum website Piazza as a setting for study. The results of the study showed that older participants are more active in discussions and that as class size grows, active participation goes down and &quot;lurking behavior&quot; increases.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131520300543">The article can be found here.</a></p>
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