Social Presence in Distance Education

• In Event: DDL - Social Presence

Short Description

Social presence is key for developing personal relationships and enhancing collaboration and critical discourse in distance education. The lack of social presence may result in low levels of engagement and withdrawal from online courses. The findings showed that there was a significant difference in social presence between online and face-to-face courses and that providing more time and opportunities for interactions increased social presence in online courses.

Authors

• Sang Joon Lee, Mississippi State University

• Kun Huang, Mississippi State University