Sense of community in graduate online education: Contribution of learner to learner interaction

Distance learning technologies offer a multitude of ways to build interaction into online courses to support learning. Based on social constructivism theory, this study explored which types of interaction are most predictive of students’ sense of community in online graduate courses at a regional c...

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Autores principales:	Jo L. Shackelford, Marge Maxwell
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	interaction building online community exchanging resources Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e7734467e06f40e59a1b7b263905b214
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7734467e06f40e59a1b7b263905b2142021-12-02T19:25:12ZSense of community in graduate online education: Contribution of learner to learner interaction10.19173/irrodl.v13i4.13391492-3831https://doaj.org/article/e7734467e06f40e59a1b7b263905b2142012-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1339https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Distance learning technologies offer a multitude of ways to build interaction into online courses to support learning. Based on social constructivism theory, this study explored which types of interaction are most predictive of students’ sense of community in online graduate courses at a regional comprehensive university. Surveys were used to measure sense of community and the frequency and importance of nine learner–learner interactions. Interactions that were most predictive of sense of community were introductions, collaborative group projects, sharing personal experiences, entire class discussions, and exchanging resources. The interaction that offered the highest payoff to instructors was exchanging resources. The article discusses implications for online course design. Jo L. ShackelfordMarge MaxwellAthabasca University Pressarticleinteractionbuilding online communityexchanging resourcesSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2012)
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description	Distance learning technologies offer a multitude of ways to build interaction into online courses to support learning. Based on social constructivism theory, this study explored which types of interaction are most predictive of students’ sense of community in online graduate courses at a regional comprehensive university. Surveys were used to measure sense of community and the frequency and importance of nine learner–learner interactions. Interactions that were most predictive of sense of community were introductions, collaborative group projects, sharing personal experiences, entire class discussions, and exchanging resources. The interaction that offered the highest payoff to instructors was exchanging resources. The article discusses implications for online course design.
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title_short	Sense of community in graduate online education: Contribution of learner to learner interaction
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Sense of community in graduate online education: Contribution of learner to learner interaction

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