An Exploration of Student and Teacher Social Presence in Asynchronous Discussion in an Online Advanced Placement Course for Rural High School Students

Autor/in	de la Varre, Claire
Titel	An Exploration of Student and Teacher Social Presence in Asynchronous Discussion in an Online Advanced Placement Course for Rural High School Students
Quelle	(2012), (157 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2678-6171-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Advanced Placement; Online Courses; High School Students; Rural Education; Asynchronous Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Web Based Instruction; Electronic Learning; Teacher Student Relationship; Interaction; Social Influences; Negative Attitudes; Group Dynamics; Dropouts; Distance Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Online course; Online-Kurs; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Computerkonferenz; Web Based Training; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Interaktion; Sozialer Einfluss; Negative Fixierung; Gruppendynamik; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht
Abstract	This study used a social presence construct derived from the Community of Inquiry (COI) framework, with cohesive, affective, and interactive components, to explore online discussion in an Advanced Placement course for rural high school students. The COI is based on the underlying theoretical framework of social constructivism, where interaction is a key component of learning. The study focuses on the contributions of students and online teachers to social presence in online discussion, and explores student dropout through the lens of social presence. Teacher social presence behaviors tended to be cohesive in nature, while students' social presence behaviors were primarily affective and interactive in nature. The study found that compared to their peers who completed the course, many students who dropped the course were more likely to use sarcasm, complain, or disagree with other students. Each teacher demonstrated unique patterns of social presence behaviors. There were also distinct patterns of student dropout characteristics associated with high social presence and low social presence teachers. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01