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Huijin Lu; Xiaojun Zhang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
The formulation of a sense of community (SOC) among students has received significant attention in the literature in recent years. However, digitally enhanced learning and COVID-19 have amplified the challenges vis-à-vis connecting students and making them feel involved and recognized in virtual learning ecologies for higher educational…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment
Michael Wong; Shahad Al-Saqqar; Jennifer Nash; Ali Al-Humuzi; Mark Dottori; Margaret Secord – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2024
Literature suggests post-secondary students feel disengaged and socially isolated while learning virtually, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we explored whether a sense of belonging is differentially achieved in an inquiry-based course between two different delivery formats: virtual and blended (combination of virtual and in-person).…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, College Freshmen, Health Sciences
Nicky Dulfer; Annie Gowing; Julie Mitchell – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
Understanding students' sense of belonging in Higher Education is crucial for designing courses that improve retention, learning, and wellbeing outcomes. With the rise of online learning, educators face new challenges in fostering belonging in virtual environments. This study delves into the experiences of twenty postgraduate students in online…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Baohua Yu; Artem Zadorozhnyy – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The sudden outbreak of COVID-19, which has presented great challenges to pedagogy, has catalyzed the transition of teaching and learning to the online mode. Uncovering the key factors that facilitate positive learning outcomes in online learning environments has thus gathered importance. To bring these factors to light, this study aims to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Outcomes of Education
Laurie Bedford – Journal of Online Graduate Education, 2024
Online graduate students often face heightened stress due to isolation, the demands of selfdirected learning, and balancing academic responsibilities with personal life. These challenges can raise the affective filter, resulting in increased anxiety and lower academic performance. When students feel supported, their affective filter lowers,…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Caring, Electronic Learning, Graduate Study
Enda Donlon; Fiona King – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
In early 2020, the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions meant that doctoral programmes which depended on face-to-face models for teaching, learning, and interaction needed to quickly reconsider their established practices. Of particular concern was the impact of pandemic restrictions upon the development of a sense of community among doctoral…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Doctoral Programs, Electronic Learning
Ella R. Kahu; Heather G. Thomas; Eva Heinrich – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Whether by choice or pushed online by Covid, higher education is increasingly happening in digital spaces with digital tools forming a critical part of learning and teaching contexts. While reviews suggest such tools positively influence student engagement, research tends to be generic and more is needed to understand how and why specific tools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Information Networks
Marla Cartwright – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this non-experimental, comparative, quantitative study was to determine if there were significant differences between the perceptions of male and female community college students about the importance of sense of community (SoC) in online classes and sense of instructor presence (IP) at eight southern, public, community colleges…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Public Colleges, Predictor Variables
Yiwen Lin; Nia Nixon – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted teaching and learning activities in higher education around the world. As universities shifted to remote instruction in response to the pandemic, it is important to learn how students engaged in learning during this challenging period. In this paper, we examined the changes in learners' social and cognitive presence…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes
Ozden Candemir; Berrin Ozkanal – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
The aim of this study is to determine the metaphorical ideas held by learners/graduates who engage in online student communities within the Anadolu University Open and Distance Education System, specifically with the concept of "online student communities". The study utilized a qualitative research methodology, specifically employing the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Communities of Practice, Student Attitudes, Graduates
Parrish, Christopher W.; Guffey, Sarah K.; Williams, David S. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Developing a sense of classroom community is important in promoting course satisfaction and in helping students overcome feelings of disconnectedness, especially in online courses. When considering the various strategies identified as contributing to a sense of classroom community, instructors likely need support in which strategies and technology…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment
Borim Song; Kyungeun Lim – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2024
Utilizing storytelling, two art educators explore how their undergraduate students experienced the transition to online education after the outbreak of COVID-19. Three themes are examined based on the students' reflections: (1) new characteristics of and experiences within virtual learning, (2) isolation and connection, and (3) embracement and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Art Education, Social Isolation
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
Timothy Shane Mitchell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Impact of Facebook-based Dissertation Support Groups on the Sense of Belonging and Community Among PhD Students. This dissertation addresses the feelings of isolation and lack of support doctoral students feel during their doctoral journey, which results in a high attrition rate. The study explores the role of Facebook-based dissertation…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students, Sense of Community, Social Networks
Bok, Guat Im – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2023
The purpose of this article is to describe adult learners' sense of belonging when studying remotely in Malaysia. The methodology of the research involved carrying out in-depth interviews with twelve adult learners studying in a distance education institution to uncover their sense of belonging. The collected data was then analysed with Nvivo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Sense of Community