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Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community
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, , , University of Houston - Clear Lake, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Austin, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-92-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

Abstract

This proposal, Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community, communicates the findings from a dissertation regarding creating engaging and enriching learning communities online, and speculates as to why this section of the dissertation may offer insight towards determining factors that create a community of learners in an online environment. Research suggests that as members of a learning community become familiar with one another they utilize certain elements that convey a sense of camaraderie that is evidenced in their communications with one another (Brown, 2001; Suler, 2004). These elements relay a sense of comfortableness with one another and the group. With regard to this proposal, Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community the categories will include: (1) Expressing Emotion; (2) The Use of Humor; and (3) Feedback. The categories Expressing Emotion and Feedback contain subcategories. The subcategories for Expressing Emotion are: (a) Using Emoticons; (b) Excessive Use of Punctuation; and (c) Use of Words and Style.

Citation

Bubb, T., McDonald, D. & Crawford, C. (2012). Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE 2012--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 189-193). Austin, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from .

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