With the increased use of social media there is a growing interest in using social interaction and social presence in education. Despite this phenomenon, no appropriate methodology was found on effective integrating of both concepts into online learning. In this study, we propose integrating two different kinds of learning tools to provide social interaction and social presence in Personal Lear...

While the development of online education has been progressing rapidly, further research is needed on the experiences of students in online courses. One concept that has been explored in relation to the quality of the online learning experience is social presence, the degree to which a person is perceived as “real” in mediated communication. The purpose of this article is to discuss the finding...

To establish a collaborative OLC, the sense of social presence must be created. Social presence is one of the most important factors that helps people actively collaborate, thus increasing sense of belonging and social cohesion to the community. However, the creation of social presence in an OLC can be problematic due to the limitations of the communication media used. Lean media such as asynch...

Technology information has increased dramatically in the last years and has contributed to the growth in technology delivered instruction as an important learning and education method. In this perspective, many academic researches considered the importance of e-learning effectiveness. Although the existing models of e-learning effectiveness has improved our understanding of how online training ...

This paper reports the findings from a longitudinal case study at University of York, UK. It aims to investigate the development of social presence among online members in textbased online learning environment. The transcripts from the electronic bulletin boards posted by online students and tutors in Health Economics for Health Care Professionals by Distance Learning Programme were studied usi...

Community of Inquiry (CoI) model is a framework with socio-constructivist roots, which describes an online learning community on three interdependent components: cognitive presence, social presence and teaching presence. Content analysis is widely used to examine transcripts of computer mediated conversations between students in a community of inquiry. However, there are no dedicated support to...

Background and Objectives: In continuous medical learning programs, selection of appropriate learning methods is important for streaming individuals by learning process. The goal of this study is to compare in-presence learning method with distance learning method and explore their effect on the knowledge of health workers (practical nurses) in terms of reduced expenses.   Methods: The study ...

The present paper is a review of the role of individual factors in Spatial Presence. If Spatial Presence is a subjective mental phenomenon psychological factors must have an important role on it. Our review shows that, even though many authors claim about the need for a better understanding about this relation, empirical evidence is still very limited. Personality-related factors as absorption,...

Brian R. Johnson Design Machine Group, University of Washington [email protected] ABSTRACT Traditional design education relies heavily on passive presence awareness and unfocused interaction. Support for these modes of communication is largely absent from current computing environments. This paper reports on Compadres, a system for support of distributed collaborators through creation of gro...