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Are You There? Impact of Instructor Presence on Building a Virtual Community Susan Patterson Old Dominion University English 720

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Are You There? Impact of Instructor Presence on Building a Virtual Community

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Are You There?

Impact of Instructor Presence on Building a Virtual Community

Susan PattersonOld Dominion University

English 720

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Distance education is growing, driven by competition and technology

Grant-Davie & Cargile Cook (2005)

It fits today’s lifestyles, too!

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On some campuses, 1/3 of students take online courses

Smith, MacGregor,, Matthews, & Gabelnick, (2004)

Asynchronous virtual courses are on the rise

Mazzolini & Maddison, (2007)

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Fostering asynchronous collaboration is challenging

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Community as an engagement strategy is an emerging trend

Stebleton & Nownes, 2011

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Community leads to satisfaction and collaboration

Liu, Magjuka, Bonk & Lee (2007)

Learning through community can be transformational

Ryman, Burrell, Hardham & Ross (2010)

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Social construction of knowledge cannot happen

without participation.

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Student participation is

essential for community

Bliss & Lawrence (2009)

But participation doesn’t happen

on its own

Dennen (2005)

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Active instructor involvement can positively influence participation

Bliss & Lawrence (2009)

Bliss & Lawrence (2009)

Instructor presence fosters engagement

Mazzolini & Maddison (2007)

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Presence is…

-more than just “being there” -more than housekeeping -not a result of frequency

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Presence is “social”: affective – interactive – cohesive

Swan (2002), Pelz (2010)

So what does that look like?

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What is the right balance of instructor

interaction?

What strategies can an instructor use to build community?

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All this and more, coming to an ODU class

near you on April 29th!

Discussion

boards

Audio feedback

Questions t

hat

solic

it

multiple

perspectiv

es

Personal stories

Feedback on

discussion comments

Encourage

informal

interactions

Expressing questions

for own understanding

Clear

expectations

for participation

Initiate AND contribute

to discussion

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