Online Community Building in Distance Education: The Case of Social Presence in the Blackboard Discussion Board versus Multimodal VoiceThread Interaction

Establishment of online communities in distance education has been linked to improved engagement, retention, and learning outcomes. This study investigates how online community building was fostered in the text-based Discussion Board (DB) and multimodal VoiceThread (VT) in one of the postgraduate un...

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Main Authors: Julian Chen, Tatiana Bogachenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Forum of Educational Technology & Society 2022-04-01
Series:Educational Technology & Society
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Online Access:https://www.j-ets.net/collection/published-issues/25_2#h.sltbgvz0bqgc