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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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Craig E. Shepherd; Doris U. Bolliger; Courtney McKim – Online Learning, 2024
The twenty-eight item Sense of Online Community Scale was completed by 293 online students at a midsized southeastern United States university to ascertain community importance and activities associated with its formation and maintenance on the program and institutional level. A large majority of these students believed that a sense of community…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Sense of Community, Community
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Staci Ann Gilpin; Stephanie Rollag Yoon; Jana LoBello Miller – Online Learning, 2023
This qualitative study aims to improve accessibility and equity in digital spaces by identifying the prevalent mismatch between online course design, student culture, and its connection to instructional design for teacher preparation programs. Utilizing feminist theory, we explore the intersection between community, identity, and learning within…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teacher Education, Community
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Ensmann, Suzanne; Whiteside, Aimee; Gomez-Vasquez, Lina; Sturgill, Ronda – Online Learning, 2021
This study examined the student experience (n=507) during emergency remote learning at a medium-sized private southeastern university during the COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging the Social Presence Model (SPM) as a guiding framework. Tensions were high at this critical time as students were stressed with financial burdens, supply shortages,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Distance Education, Student Experience, College Students
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Berry, Sharla – Online Learning, 2017
Instructors play a role in helping online students develop a sense of community in virtual classrooms, but little is known about instructors' roles in online graduate programs. To explore the ways in which online instructors helped students create a learning community, defined as a space of connection, closeness and interactivity, the researcher…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Educational Practices