| Exploring social presence in asynchronous text-based online learning communities.Retrieved 7/12/05. http://wwwusers.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/research/icicte.pdf (2004) | |||||||||||||||
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| This thesis is dedicated to my mum and dad ii This research examines social presence in asynchronous text-based online learning communities (OLCs). Much literature claims that such learning communities are ideal places for meaningful learning to occur. Various technologies can be used to support activities in these contexts but asynchronous text-based communication is probably the most common because of its simplicity and ease of use. Social presence is a meta-theory used to describe various aspects of OLCs. It has gained much attention recently because of its positive impact on social interaction and learning in such contexts. However, little research in this area has been done so far and there are some research gaps that need to be addressed. This research aims to gain a better understanding of online social presence. Particularly, it focuses on the development of social presence and its impacts on learning in OLCs. Longitudinal case study research is used, allowing social presence among online | |||||||||||||||
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