Pathways to Social Presence in Online Learning Communities
Abstract
Online learning communities provide a wider learning space for learners to communicate, interact, collaborate and cognitively engage without the constraints of time and space. Social presence, as the link between the online learning community and the learner, is key to understanding online learning behaviour. Social presence is one of the learning outcomes sought by online teaching and learning, and it plays an important role in the formation and development of online learning communities and has an impact on individual perceptual learning and learning satisfaction, among other things. Therefore, in online learning, it is important to focus on enhancing social presence.References
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