PLUTO Institute -- Presence and Engagement

Presence & engagement

in online learning

environments

Patrick R. Lowenthal Boise State University

slides @ patricklowenthal.com

More About Me

educator researche

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Why this matters to me!

I was scared the first time I taught online



I was scared that I would not connect with my students

Why does connecting matter?


Learning is social!

We are social beings!


Can learning with technology be social?

Theory of Social Presence

For more info:The evolution and influence of social presence theory on online learning

Social presence is the degree of salience (i.e., quality or state of being there) between two communicators using a communication medium.

Social Presence Theory…

• Social presence is a quality of a communication medium

• Some media (e.g., video) have a higher social presence than other media (e.g., text)

• Media with higher social presence are seen as socialable, warm, and personal


Community of Inquiry


High Tech &

Low Tech Strategies

Social Presence Strategies

Bio strategies

Orientation strategies

Reconnecting strategies

Feedback strategies

Discussion strategies

Small group strategies

Organic interaction strategies

&Bios Strategies

Teacher Bios

Student Bios

Teacher Bios

For more info:Intentional Web Presence: 10 SEO Strategies Every Academic Needs to Know

Sharing Scholarship

Sharing Teaching Philosophy

Teacher Bios

For more info:From Pixel on a Screen to Real Person in Your Students’ Lives: Establishing Social Presence using Digital Storytelling

Digital Stories

http://youtu.be/VL0QkVu5t6w

http://www.augustcouncil.com/~jdunlap/JoniDunlapSOR.mov

Student Bios

For more info:Getting to know you: The first week of class and beyond

Aladdin’s Lamp

Superhero Powers

Student Bios

For more info:Defeating the Kobayashi Maru: Supporting Student Retention by Balancing the Needs of the Many and the One

5 minute phone call

Student Bios

For more info:From Pixel on a Screen to Real Person in Your Students’ Lives: Establishing Social Presence using Digital Storytelling

Digital Stories

Student BiosPhoto Roster


Orientation StrategiesOrientation Videos

Orientation Strategies

Detailed Announcements & Emails

Reconnecting StrategiesSoundtrack of your life

For more info:Hot for teacher: Using digital music to enhance student’s experience in online courses

Reconnecting StrategiesVirtual Paper Bag & Superhero Powers

Feedback StrategiesVideo Feedback

Discussion Strategies

Non-threatening discussions

Discussion Protocols

Synchronous Discussions

For more info:Protocols for Online Discussions

Small Group Strategies

Peer Review

Group Work

Document Co-Creation

For more info:Learning, unlearning, and relearning: Using Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of lifelong learning skills

http://patricklowenthal.com/learning-unlearning-and-relearning-using-web-2-0-technologies-to-support-the-development-of-lifelong-learning-skills/

Organic Interaction Strategies

For more info:Tweeting the night away: Using Twitter to enhance social presence

Social Media


Types of Interaction

• Student – to – student

• Student – to – content

• Student – to – teacher


CoI Reconceptualized


Questions for Blended Courses

1. When should you have interactions with peers?

2. When should you have interactions with content?

3. When should you have interactions with the instructor?

Patrick R. [email protected]@Articles @ http://patricklowenthal.com/research/ The power of presence: Our quest for the right mix of social presence in

online courses What was your best learning experience? Our story about using stories

to solve instructional problems Defeating the Kobayashi Maru: Supporting student retention by

balancing the needs of the many and the one Death to the Digital Dropbox: Rethinking student privacy and public

performance Hot for teacher: Using digital music to enhance student’s experience in

online courses From pixel on a screen to real person in your students’ lives:

Establishing social presence using digital storytelling Horton hears a tweet Tweeting the night away: Using Twitter to enhance social presence Online faculty development and storytelling: An unlikely solution to

improving teacher quality Teaching presence

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