An Investigation of Practices and Tools that Enabled Technology-Mediated Caring in an Online High School

Autor/inn/en	Velasquez, Andrea; Graham, Charles R.; West, Richard E.
Titel	An Investigation of Practices and Tools that Enabled Technology-Mediated Caring in an Online High School
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14 (2013) 5, S.277-299 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Caring; Educational Practices; High Schools; Teacher Student Relationship; Phenomenology; Technology Uses in Education; Ethics; Interpersonal Relationship; Computer Mediated Communication; Electronic Learning; Semi Structured Interviews; Preferences; Social Psychology; Familiarity; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; High School Students; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Bildungspraxis; High school; Oberschule; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ethik; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; Sozialpsychologie; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	The ethic of care has been an important part of the dialogue related to learning in traditional K-12 learning environments particularly because emotional relationships and caring pedagogies have been shown to be particularly important for adolescent learners. However, as online learning has become increasingly popular, there are concerns about the perceived impersonal nature of the online medium, and how this might particularly affect adolescent learners. The purpose of this study was to examine technology choices when experiencing caring interactions in the online schooling context of Mountain Heights Academy (formerly Open High School of Utah). The caring experience of two teacher participants and four of their students was examined through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results suggest that teacher choices regarding technology use are an integral part of creating caring relationships with students online. The ethics of caring is an essential model in understanding the communication of caring interactions in the online setting. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10