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Wanstreet, Constance E.; Stein, David S. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This study investigated the small-group, learner-led discussion process in synchronous discussions. Transcripts from online chats and face-to-face discussions were analyzed within the context of the Community of Inquiry framework to examine the relationship of teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence to one another and for…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Inquiry, Models, Asynchronous Communication
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Stein, David S.; Wanstreet, Constance E.; Saunders, Charles T., Jr.; Lutz, Michelle L. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
This study analyzed the content of college and university Web site home pages to determine the frequency of marketing messages that might persuade adult learners to enroll at the institution. The findings suggest that colleges and universities in this study do not have adult-oriented marketing messages and are giving scant attention to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interests, Access to Information, Adult Students
Wanstreet, Constance E.; Stein, David S. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in satisfaction with Web-based course activities as a function of the degree of perceived teaching, cognitive, and social presence. Results indicated that the degree of perceived teaching presence led to greater satisfaction with course activities. Results suggest that communities of inquiry can…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Internet, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Kidd, Terry T., Ed.; Keengwe, Jared, Ed. – Information Science Reference, 2010
As instructors move further into the incorporation of 21st century technologies in adult education, a new paradigm of digitally-enriched mediated learning has emerged. This book provides a comprehensive framework of trends and issues related to adult learning for the facilitation of authentic learning in the age of digital technology. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Web Sites
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Stein, David S.; Wanstreet, Constance E.; Glazer, Hilda R.; Engle, Cheryl L.; Harris, Ruth A.; Johnston, Susan M.; Simons, Mona R.; Trinko, Lynn A. – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This study investigated the process by which shared understanding develops in a chat learning space. It used a practical inquiry model to assess the development of cognitive presence. The study also explored how the pattern of conversation in synchronous discussion supports cognitive presence and how cognitive presence changes over time. Results…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Inquiry, Group Discussion, Computer Uses in Education