Social Presence

Patrick R. Lowenthal

doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch280

Social Presence

Patrick R. Lowenthal

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

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Abstract

Learning is a social process (Harasim, 2002; Swan & Shea, 2005; Tu, 2000). Discourse plays a key role in the social process of learning (Harasim, 2002). Therefore, it is extremely important that we understand how students and teachers socially interact in online courses where asynchronous computer mediated communication (CMC) is the major form of discourse. Theories of social presence help explain how students and teachers interact and learn online.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Distance and Online Learning
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch280
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

computer-mediated communication
discourse
immediacy
online learning
social presence

EGS Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction
Higher Education and Teaching
Instructional Media Design
Other Education

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Social Presence

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