Online learning environments and activities via learning management systems have
become the new normal in most educational institutions after the COVID-19 pandemic. An …

Social presence theory was the term first proposed in 1976 to explain how
telecommunications influence how people communicate (Short, Williams, & Christie, 1976) …

The coronavirus pandemic has affected higher education on a global scale. During the first
days of the COVID-19 pandemic, university professors experienced deficiencies to convert …

This completed study is an exploration of faculty perception and adaptation of social
presence in light of the rapid growth of the online classroom. This study examines how …

While important, many of the guidelines put in place to prevent disease transmission during
the Covid-19 pandemic (social distancing, quarantining, facial coverings, etc.) have created …

This study used a social presence construct derived from the Community of Inquiry (COI)
framework, with cohesive, affective, and interactive components, to explore online …

If the COVID-19 pandemic rendered us alone and lonely, forging instructional and social
community building can combat the pall to accomplish learning physically alone but together …

This research study delves into the multifaceted realm of social presence in online
education, encompassing the existence and manifestation of social presence indicators in …

This study explored the almost 20-year-old Community of Inquiry (CoI) social presence
construct through faculty's perspectives and practices of their online teaching. Social …

Although perhaps the most popular form of student-to-student interaction in an online class,
the large group forum within the course's learning management system (LMS) may be one of …