Interaction vs. Dialogue

In one article Moore makes the distinction between an interaction and dialogue. Although the two terms are used interchangeably Moore said that dialogue will always benefit the student's learning. However, an interaction can be neutral or negative. He didn't really expand on that thought. I don't know if anyone has looked into negative interactions in online learning. Clearly this could include peer-to-peer cyber bullying but a student could also perceive an interaction as negative if the teacher gave feedback that the student felt was too critical. I know that I have had classes in the past where I felt that no interaction with the instructor was the best. In my research I have made the assumption that interactions are beneficial but now I think that not all interactions are good.

I thought that Anderson's additions to Moore's three types of interactions were interesting. I have also read that some see student-interface as an interaction. I would also like to add student-parent interaction to the list. Although, I don't know if it has to be a parent. Maybe it could be an influential other. In my coding of the ohsu data I also saw that some parents talk to other parents. I don't know how important that is but if there is teacher-teacher interaction there could also be parent-parent interaction.

I also liked Anderson's summary of Wilson's three functions of a good educational theory. I will have to read that article along with Whetten's article "What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?"