A Scale for Measuring Relative Proximity of Transactional Distance

Autor/inn/en	Paul, Ravi C.; Swart, William; MacLeod, Kenneth R.
Titel	A Scale for Measuring Relative Proximity of Transactional Distance
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 43 (2022) 1, S.78-96 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Paul, Ravi C.) ORCID (Swart, William) ORCID (MacLeod, Kenneth R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
DOI	10.1080/01587919.2021.2020623
Schlagwörter	Proximity; Distance Education; Educational Environment; Measures (Individuals); Test Validity; Test Reliability; Student Attitudes; Student Satisfaction; Gender Differences; Undergraduate Students; College Instruction; Business Administration Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensnähe; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Messdaten; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hochschullehre
Abstract	Relative proximity theory contributes to the concept of distance in distance education by defining how far a current learning environment is from an ideal learning environment. As in Moore's (1993) theory of transactional distance, it defines distance as a psychosocial phenomenon but provides specificity to Moore's seminal theory for learning at a distance by providing a specific answer to the question "How close are we?" in our continual journey to provide better learning environments for our students and teachers. This paper reports on our development of a statistically valid and reliable scale of relative proximity of transactional distance to measure the remaining distance to ideal. The scale adapts and extends the work by Zhang (2003), Paul et al. (2015), and Weidlich and Bastiaens (2018) and, for the first time, explicitly accounts for differences due to gender and mode of delivery. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01