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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - The relationship between social presence and social capital in online learning communities
AU - Oztok, Murat
AU - Zingaro, Daniel
AU - Brett, Clare
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - For many years, social presence has been deemed important for communication and collaboration in online learning environments. Yet, the specific types of interactions fostered by social presence have been ignored. In this paper, we propose the use of social capital theory as a means of distinguishing interaction patterns. We urge researchers to study social presence with the appreciation that not all types of interactions are equally valued by participants and that social presence does not necessarily lead to all types of such interactions.
AB - For many years, social presence has been deemed important for communication and collaboration in online learning environments. Yet, the specific types of interactions fostered by social presence have been ignored. In this paper, we propose the use of social capital theory as a means of distinguishing interaction patterns. We urge researchers to study social presence with the appreciation that not all types of interactions are equally valued by participants and that social presence does not necessarily lead to all types of such interactions.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SP - 256
EP - 262
BT - Proceedings of Global Conference on Technology, Innovation, Media and Education (Global TIME)
PB - AACE
ER -