Building Learning Communities in Online Courses: the importance of interaction

By Karen P. Swan. 2002

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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The Relationship Between Students’ Perceived Sense of Community and Satisfaction, Achievement, and Retention in an Online Course (2008, positive): “In empirical studies, researchers have demonstrated that social interaction within college courses is related to student satisfaction (Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Outz, 2006; Phillips & Peters, 1999; Swan, 2002; Woods, 2002); in turn, researchers have demonstrated that student satisfaction is relate”
A study of teaching presence and student sense of learning community in fully online and web-enhanced college courses (2006, result): “These results add specificity to previous work conducted on the issue of the development of online community (e.g. Shea et al., 2005; Swan, 2002).”
An Analysis on the Relationship between Lecturers' Competencies and Students' Satisfaction. (2013, background): “Swan (2001) also reported that clarity of presentation and lecture note significantly influenced students' satisfaction and perceived learning.”
A Structural Equation Model of Predictors for Effective Online Learning (2005, background): “In aggregate, instructor-student interactions can include using a story or case history about the topic, encouraging discussion and feedback, or addressing students by name through discussion or e-mail (Arbaugh, 2001, 2002; Hutchins, 2003; Swan, 2002).”
Performance in e-learning: online participation and student grades (2005, background): “Indeed, Swan (2002) has argued that the mere provision of a discussion forum does not aid in learning, and the current study supports this view.”
Does the Community of Inquiry Framework Predict Outcomes in Online MBA Courses (2007, background): “These are particularly important activities since clear and consistent course structure supporting engaged instructors and dynamic discussions have been found to be the most consistent predictors of successful online courses (Swan, 2002; 2003).”
Teaching and Learning Argumentative Reading and Writing: A Review of Research (2011, background): “These perceptions of ethos in online contexts relates to the ability to establish social presence (Rourke, Anderson, Garrison, & Archer, 1999; Swan, 2002) or telepresence (Bracken & Skalski, 2010) designed to engage audience identification.”
The Journalist Behind the News: Credibility of Straight, Collaborative, Opinionated, and Blogged “News” (2010, background): “Many current researchers, however, define social presence not as a characteristic of the medium but rather as how participants use the medium to communicate (Gunawardena, 1995; Swan, 2002).”
Measuring up Online: The Relationship between Social Presence and Student Learning Satisfaction. (2006, background): “Researchers do not always provide a definition of community or an explanation of the link between social presence, community, and learning (Jones, 1995; Gunawardena, 1995; Rourke, Anderson, Garrison, and Archer, 1999; Reid, 1995; Swan, 2002; Tu and McIsaac, 2002).”
A Constructivist Approach to Online Learning: The Community of Inquiry Framework (2009, background): “A number of studies followed which identify the perception of interpersonal connections with virtual others as an important factor in the success of online learning (Picciano, 2002; Richardson & Swan, 2003; Swan, 2002; Tu, 2000; Wegerif, 1998).”
Creating effective student engagement in online courses: What do students find engaging? (2010, background): “Emphasis on the social presence of instructors makes sense in light of research finding that students need to feel connected to the instructor and other students in the course (Garrison, Anderson and Archer, 2001; Lewis and Abdul-Hamid, 2006; Russo and Campbell, 2004; Song and Singleton, 2004; Swan,”
Conceptualizing and Investigating Instructor Presence in Online Learning Environments. (2015, methodology): “Based on Rourke et al., 1999; Swan, 2002, and This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. designed to invite students to continue a conversation but are not required Shea et al., 2010 Teaching Presence Indicators Categories Indicators/Codes Definition…”