Emotional presence, learning, and the online learning environment

Martha Cleveland-Innes, Prisca Campbell

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    Abstract

    In spite of evidence that more and more students are engaging in online learning experiences, details about the transition for teachers and students to a new learning environment are still unconfirmed. While new technologies are often expected to make work easier, they also involve the development of new competencies. This change may, in itself, elicit an emotional response, and, more importantly, emotion may impact the experience of online learning. Knowledge about the impact of emotion on learning broadly is available, but not about emotion and online learning. This study presents evidence of emotions present in online environments, and empirical data which suggests emotional presence may exist as a fundamental element in an online community of inquiry.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)269-292
    Number of pages24
    JournalInternational Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
    Volume13
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Community of inquiry
    • Distance education
    • Emotional presence
    • Higher education
    • Online learning
    • Pedagogy

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