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Franks, Tara M. – Communication Teacher, 2015
As an emerging interest area, positive communication scholarship focuses on issues of happiness and well-being in a variety of social contexts. Borrowing from positive psychology and happiness literature (Lyubomirsky, 2008), positive communication research explores expressions of gratitude, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness, as well as issues…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies, Social Networks
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Kelly, Stephanie; Claus, Christopher J. – Communication Teacher, 2015
In this unit activity, students understand that social presence-one's ability to project a personality through computer-mediated communication-is critical for creating an effective online learning environment (Christen, Kelly, Fall, & Snyder, in press; Jorgensen, 2002; Kehrwald, 2010; O'Sullivan, Hunt, & Lippert, 2004). Without…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Interpersonal Relationship
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Messersmith, Amber S. – Communication Teacher, 2015
Facilitating meaningful interaction among students is a significant challenge of teaching in the online environment. This paper presents a semester-long approach that enables quality interaction among group members within undergraduate online group communication courses while experiencing the challenges of working with geographically dispersed…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Online Courses, Communication Strategies, Communication Skills
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Ledford, Christy J. W.; Saperstein, Adam K.; Cafferty, Lauren A.; McClintick, Stacey H.; Bernstein, Ethan M. – Communication Teacher, 2015
Microblogs, with their interactive nature, can engage students in community building and sensemaking. Using Weick's model of organizing as a framework, we integrated the use of micromessaging to increase student engagement in the large-lecture classroom. Students asked significantly more questions and asked a greater diversity of questions…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Large Group Instruction, Models, Lecture Method