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Social presence, embarrassment, and nonverbal behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Nonverbal behaviors in response to viewing slides depicting nude males, nude females, erotic couples and neutral pictures, either alone or in the presence of two unfamiliar individuals, were studied in 22 female and 16 male university students ...
Costa, Marco   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Placing large group relations into pedestrian dynamics: psychological crowds in counterflow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Understanding influences on pedestrian movement is important to accurately simulate crowd behaviour, yet little research has explored the psychological factors that influence interactions between large groups in counterflow scenarios.
Drury, John   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Teaching Presence in Online Education: From the Instructor's Point-of-View

open access: yesOnline Learning, 2014
Most often the topic of creating any type of presence in online education is viewed from the student perspective (Oztok & Brett, 2011). This research examines the creation of teaching presence from the vantage point of the instructor.
Kristi A. Preisman
doaj   +1 more source

A Meta-Analysis on the Community of Inquiry Presences and Learning Outcomes in Online and Blended Learning Environments

open access: yesOnline Learning, 2022
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework describes three essential presences (i.e., teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence) and how these presences interact in providing an educational experience in online and blended learning ...
Florence Martin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A tale of six fish: Achieving social presence through discussion forums in an offline learning environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
It is widely held, through the Socratic tradition, that discussion is at the heart of learning. Moderated discussion forums have been shown to replicate the debate, argument and verbal defence of viewpoints that we have come to expect in face-to-face ...
Lloyd, Margaret
core   +2 more sources

A Team of Instructors’ Use of Social Presence, Teaching Presence, and Attitudinal Dissonance Strategies: An Animal Behaviour and Welfare MOOC

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This case study examined a team of instructors’ use of social presence, teaching presence, and attitudinal dissonance in a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Animal Behaviour and Welfare (ABW), designed to facilitate attitudinal learning.
Sunnie Lee Watson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating design features of a computer-mediated communication system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is increasingly used in higher education, but it is not without problems. The effectiveness of CMC depends on many factors, including the characteristics of CMC systems themselves.
Kear, Karen Lesley
core   +1 more source

Narrating the past: virtual environments and narrative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper explores how traditional narrative language used in film and theatre can be adapted to create interactivity and a greater sense of presence in the virtual heritage environment.
Patel, R, Tuck, D
core   +1 more source

Post-Secondary Students' Purposes For Blogging

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2008
The goal of the study was to explore post-secondary students’ purposes for blogging with particular attention to the social and instructional purposes. The sample of blogs came from an all-women’s college in the United Arab Emirates. Content analysis was
Paul Henry Leslie, Elizabeth Murphy
doaj   +3 more sources

Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework and Course Design as Predictors of Satisfaction in Emergency Remote Teaching: Perspectives of Hospitality Management Students

open access: yesJe-LKS: Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 2020
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) is a popular framework to measure meaningful engagement and communication in distance learning environments, where it is claimed that three interactive elements of presence (teaching, social, and cognitive) enhance the ...
Vidya Patwardhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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