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Selected Works of Patrick R. Lowenthal
Contribution to Book
Social Presence
Social Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (2010)
  • Patrick R. Lowenthal, Boise State University
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Abstract
Learning is a social process (Harasim, 2002; Swan & Shea, 2005; Tu, 2000). Discourse plays a key role in the social process of learning (Harasim, 2002). Therefore, it is extremely important that we understand how students and teachers socially interact in online courses where asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) is the major form of discourse. Theories of social presence help explain how students and teachers interact and learn online.
Keywords
  • social presence,
  • immediacy,
  • online learning,
  • computer-mediated communication,
  • discourse
Disciplines
Publication Date
2010
Editor
Subhasish Dasgupta
Publisher
IGI Global
ISBN
9781605669847
DOI
10.4018/978-1-60566-984-7.ch011
Citation Information
Patrick R. Lowenthal. "Social Presence" Hershey, PASocial Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (2010) p. 129 - 136
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_lowenthal/20/