…3 (2018): n3. Dunlap, Joanna C., and Patrick R. Lowenthal. “The power of presence: Our quest for the right mix of social presence in online courses.” Real life distance education:…
…which encouraged me to revisit a paper I had read on emotional presence. Emotional presence is an addition to the original, well-researched Community of Inquiry Framework commonly used for online…
…interaction. That is, the presence and absence of student-student interaction was objectively assessed and compared. The authors found that the presence of student-student interaction did not impact student satisfaction in…
…comments such as the following: “We must hear from the instructor within 24 hours!” “I would not think twice about withdrawing if the instructor is not available five days a…
…Never underestimate the importance of instructor presence. Providing students with immediate feedback and being highly visible in the classroom and online threaded discussion boards will improve the online experience for…
…of an online instructor’s personality. Make sure you are a constant presence in the classroom. It has become so easy to place an online class on autopilot: the students read…
…of comments [said, in essence,] ‘I felt my instructor didn’t care’ or ‘I felt my instructor would just log in once every six weeks’ or ‘It would take an entire…
…as podcasting is an excellent tool instructors can use to meet the needs of today’s students. So, if it’s 2:00 a.m. and a student wants to, say, revisit an instructor’s…
