Social presence in online learning communities: the role of personal profiles
Online communication is increasingly used in education, but it is not without problems. One significant difficulty is a lack of social presence. Social presence relates to the need for users of technology-based communication to perceive each other as real people. Low social presence can be a particu...
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Language: | English |
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Association for Learning Technology
2014-08-01
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Series: | Research in Learning Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/download/19710/pdf_1 |