Social Presence in Massive Open Online Courses

The capacity to foster interpersonal interactions in massive open online courses (MOOCs) has frequently been contested, particularly when learner interactions are limited to MOOC forums. The establishment of social presence—a perceived sense of somebody being present and “real”—is among the strategi...

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Autores principales:	Oleksandra Poquet, Vitomir Kovanović, Pieter de Vries, Thieme Hennis, Srećko Joksimović, Dragan Gašević, Shane Dawson
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2018
Materias:	social presence MOOCs forum participation Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a42bf96b8b8841ebacbbe59fde762ed02021-12-02T19:25:20ZSocial Presence in Massive Open Online Courses10.19173/irrodl.v19i3.33701492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a42bf96b8b8841ebacbbe59fde762ed02018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3370https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The capacity to foster interpersonal interactions in massive open online courses (MOOCs) has frequently been contested, particularly when learner interactions are limited to MOOC forums. The establishment of social presence—a perceived sense of somebody being present and “real”—is among the strategies to tackle the challenges of online learning and could be applied in MOOCs. Thus far, social presence in MOOCs has been under-researched. Studies that previously examined social presence in MOOCs did not account for the peculiar nature of open online learning. In contrast to the existing work, this study seeks to understand how learners perceive social presence, and the different nuances of social presence in diverse MOOC populations. In particular, we compare perceptions of social presence across the groups of learners with different patterns of forum participation in three edX MOOCs. The findings reveal substantial differences in how learners with varying forum activity perceive social presence. Perceptions of social presence also differed in courses with the varying volume of forum interaction and duration. Finally, learners with sustained forum activity generally reported higher social presence scores that included low affectivity and strong group cohesion perceptions. With this in mind, this study is significant because of the insights into brings to the current body of knowledge around social presence in MOOCs. The study’s findings also raise questions about the effectiveness of transferring existing socio-constructivist constructs into the MOOC contexts. Oleksandra PoquetVitomir KovanovićPieter de VriesThieme HennisSrećko JoksimovićDragan GaševićShane DawsonAthabasca University Pressarticlesocial presenceMOOCsforum participationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2018)
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description	The capacity to foster interpersonal interactions in massive open online courses (MOOCs) has frequently been contested, particularly when learner interactions are limited to MOOC forums. The establishment of social presence—a perceived sense of somebody being present and “real”—is among the strategies to tackle the challenges of online learning and could be applied in MOOCs. Thus far, social presence in MOOCs has been under-researched. Studies that previously examined social presence in MOOCs did not account for the peculiar nature of open online learning. In contrast to the existing work, this study seeks to understand how learners perceive social presence, and the different nuances of social presence in diverse MOOC populations. In particular, we compare perceptions of social presence across the groups of learners with different patterns of forum participation in three edX MOOCs. The findings reveal substantial differences in how learners with varying forum activity perceive social presence. Perceptions of social presence also differed in courses with the varying volume of forum interaction and duration. Finally, learners with sustained forum activity generally reported higher social presence scores that included low affectivity and strong group cohesion perceptions. With this in mind, this study is significant because of the insights into brings to the current body of knowledge around social presence in MOOCs. The study’s findings also raise questions about the effectiveness of transferring existing socio-constructivist constructs into the MOOC contexts.
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author	Oleksandra Poquet Vitomir Kovanović Pieter de Vries Thieme Hennis Srećko Joksimović Dragan Gašević Shane Dawson
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Social Presence in Massive Open Online Courses

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