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Publication Date: 2014
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Using Multimedia to Build a Sense of Community with Online Distance Learners
Ashton, Jennifer
Journal of Instructional Research, v3 p97-106 2014
Online students often experience feelings of isolation and a lack of a sense of community from the institutions they attend (Palloff & Pratt, 1999). However, by implementing a variety of multimedia tools into the online classroom, students can hear and possibly even see their instructors. In this present study, a combination of live video chat, text messaging, and recorded videos were integrated as supplemental learning options in a student teaching course for future educators. These students, who were in the last course of their program, offered pre- and post-survey feedback describing the degree to which select multimedia tools had an impact on their learning process.
Descriptors: Distance Education, Sense of Community, Online Courses, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Videoconferencing, Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Supplementary Education, Pretests Posttests, Feedback (Response), Learning Processes, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Teacher Student Relationship, Student School Relationship, Online Surveys, Schools of Education, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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