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Lisa-Maria Norz; Eva Kaczko; Michael Netzer; Elske Ammenwerth – Online Learning, 2024
Social presence is one key factor for successful learning in socio-constructivist learning environments, such as in online-courses based on the Community of Inquiry Framework. Teachers need easily interpretable and pedagogically relevant information to monitor social presence and to intervene if needed while a course is running. Social network…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Graduate Study, Communities of Practice
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Angelos Giannoulas; Antonios Kalamatianos; Kalliope Kounenou – Online Learning, 2025
During the COVID-19 pandemic, education systems policymakers realized the importance of being able to communicate using technology and to fulfill their academic obligations. As a consequence, a different approach to education followed: blended learning. A literature review revealed a lack of psychometric tools related to blended teaching readiness…
Descriptors: Greek, Blended Learning, Readiness, Measures (Individuals)
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Jiarui Xie; Mimi Adjei; Ana-Paula Correia – Online Learning, 2024
Instructor participation plays a crucial role in asynchronous online discussions, as the approach taken can potentially impact student performance. This study compared two instructor participation approaches: replying to student posts on public discussion boards and commenting on student posts on private grade pages. It examined the impact on both…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Discussion Groups
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Grant R. Jackson; Sarah M. Schiffecker; Oleksandra Poquet – Online Learning, 2025
Post-secondary institutions are seeing the need and searching for ways to prepare their students for life in an increasingly complex and often polarized society. Since its development in the late 1980s, intergroup dialogue (IGD) has become a prominent dialogic pedagogy that brings together small, diverse groups of college students to dialogue on…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Dialogs (Language), Electronic Learning, College Students
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Lintang Matahari Hasani; Kasiyah Junus; Lia Sadita; Tsukasa Hirashima; Yusuke Hayashi – Online Learning, 2025
Online collaborative learning (OCL) based on the community of inquiry (CoI) framework is often implemented in the form of an online discussion activity for teaching subjects that require learners to revise their understandings and invent ways to solve problems. However, implementing OCL is challenging due to the difficulty of fostering…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Inquiry, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
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Agustí Canals; Josep Cobarsí-Morales; Eva Ortoll – Online Learning, 2025
The idea of social capital as the value obtainable from an individual's social relationships has been used to study many organizational and social settings, but rarely virtual environments. We used data from an online higher education institution to examine how an individual's social capital derived from her position in the social structure…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Capital, Academic Achievement, Social Structure
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Li Xu; Sheena Brown – Online Learning, 2024
Online education has grown and continues to expand, driven by innovative information and communication technologies that facilitate effective interactions both within and outside the online classroom. Post-traditional students with diverse and complex identities face unique challenges in establishing connections within online learning environments…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Self Concept
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Minji Kim; Debalina Maitra; Meseret F. Hailu; Brooke Coley – Online Learning, 2024
In this empirical analysis, we provide a qualitative investigation of online learning among Black women engineering majors. This study makes theoretical and practical contributions by expanding knowledge of diverse online learners and informing ways to provide accessible and equitable online engineering education. Guided by the literature review,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Online Courses, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students
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K. Bret Staudt Willet; Hunhui Na – Online Learning, 2024
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has ignited debates regarding its potential benefits and detriments for education. Despite widespread discussions, insights into GenAI's impact on education have been limited because early studies have often been narrow in scope and focused on specific contexts. Therefore, the purpose of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Synchronous Communication, Web Sites
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Ayesha Sadaf; Larisa Olesova; Hajeen Choi – Online Learning, 2024
This study investigated the dynamics of complex interactions within inquiry-based (IB) discussions by visualizing patterns using social network analysis. Researchers explored network measures when learners participated in inquiry-based discussions with Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) and non-PIM questions while playing the weekly moderator's role.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Inquiry
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Shayna A. Minosky; Nachwa El Aini; Brandon J. Justus; Tanisha Bali – Online Learning, 2024
With the rapidly expanding availability of online courses, concerns have been raised about student engagement and connection within the online environment. Using an experimental design, we examined the effects of video camera, microphone (audio), and chat box communication on students' experiences of social presence, peer rapport, motivation,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
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Michelle K. Orcutt; Grant R. Jackson; Stephanie J. Jones – Online Learning, 2024
For decades, the number of students enrolling in online courses has been increasing, and this trend toward online education has been further intensified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The completion rate of online courses is not as high as in-person instruction, and researchers and practitioners have long been invested in identifying ways…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teacher Behavior
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Haesol Bae; Jaesung Hur; Jaesung Park; Gi Woong Choi; Jewoong Moon – Online Learning, 2024
This study examined pre-service teachers' perspectives on integrating generative AI (GenAI) tools into their own learning and teaching practices. Discussion posts from asynchronous online courses on ChatGPT were analyzed using the Diffusion of Innovations framework to explore awareness, willingness to apply ChatGPT to instruction, and potential…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education
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Xi Lin; Ken Luterbach; Kristen H. Gregory; Sarah E. Sconyers – Online Learning, 2024
This study explored the impact of integrating ChatGPT into asynchronous online discussions. The analysis encompassed students' log data from Canvas and their perspectives on using ChatGPT. Results revealed a significant enhancement in overall discussion participation when ChatGPT is encouraged, emphasizing its potential as a catalyst for…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication
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Yue Li; Anne K. Armstrong; Marianne E. Krasny – Online Learning, 2024
How can we create a "global-at-home" learning experience for university students to engage them in serving global professional communities online? This study applied global engagement surveys alongside interviews and focus groups in online contexts to examine engaged learning outcomes of U.S. and Chinese university students who served as…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Teaching Assistants, Global Approach, Foreign Countries