Increasing Social Presence in Online Learning through Small Group Discussions

Social presence is a difficult to achieve, but an imperative component of online learning. In this study, we investigated the effect of group size on students' perceptions of social presence in two graduate-level online courses, comparing small group versus whole class discussions. Our results...

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Autores principales:	Mete Akcaoglu, Eunbae Lee
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2016
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d47fc65527c54f1aad5e8dc28b3bec192021-12-02T18:03:16ZIncreasing Social Presence in Online Learning through Small Group Discussions10.19173/irrodl.v17i3.22931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/d47fc65527c54f1aad5e8dc28b3bec192016-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2293https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Social presence is a difficult to achieve, but an imperative component of online learning. In this study, we investigated the effect of group size on students' perceptions of social presence in two graduate-level online courses, comparing small group versus whole class discussions. Our results indicated that when in small group discussions, students perceived a higher level of social presence in terms of sociability, t(32) = 3.507, p = .001; social space, t(29) = 3.074, p = .005; and group cohesion, t(32) = 3.550, p = .001. We discuss how placing students in small and permanent discussion groups can augment social presence. Designers and educators of online learning can strategically modify group size to promote social presence in asynchronous online discussions.Mete AkcaogluEunbae LeeAthabasca University PressarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 17, Iss 3 (2016)
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description	Social presence is a difficult to achieve, but an imperative component of online learning. In this study, we investigated the effect of group size on students' perceptions of social presence in two graduate-level online courses, comparing small group versus whole class discussions. Our results indicated that when in small group discussions, students perceived a higher level of social presence in terms of sociability, t(32) = 3.507, p = .001; social space, t(29) = 3.074, p = .005; and group cohesion, t(32) = 3.550, p = .001. We discuss how placing students in small and permanent discussion groups can augment social presence. Designers and educators of online learning can strategically modify group size to promote social presence in asynchronous online discussions.
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Increasing Social Presence in Online Learning through Small Group Discussions

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