Predicting Sense of Presence and Sense of Community in Immersive Online Learning Environments

被引:9
作者
McClannon, Terry W. [1 ]
Cheney, Amy W. [1 ]
Bolt, Les L. [1 ]
Terry, Krista P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 USA
来源
ONLINE LEARNING | 2018年 / 22卷 / 04期
关键词
sense of community; sense of presence; community; presence; immersive learning environment; online learning; distance education;
D O I
10.24059/olj.v22i4.1510
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This exploratory study is based on survey research conducted between 2010 and 2017, involving 1,053 graduate students using immersive online learning environments for their coursework. Investigators used course structural factors and student engagement factors to predict student's perceptions of community and presence in the online immersive space. Utilizing the Sense of Community II index (SCI-2) and the Community of Inquiry (CoI) survey median scores as cutoff scores for predicted outcomes, researchers demonstrated that purely online environments which encouraged student engagement in the online immersive space can enhance sense of presence and sense of community. In addition, students in graduate programs that used online immersive delivery methods longer developed a stronger sense of community. Both dependent measures proved to have stable subscale structures for this inquiry based on a confirmatory factor analysis.
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页码:141 / 159
页数:19
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