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INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
卷 30, 期 10, 页码 1794-1808出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2020.1749670
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Online learning; instructional communication; loneliness; climate; rapport
Online learning can be lonely, but connecting with others can help alleviate this loneliness. The study emphasizes the importance of instructors in building and maintaining rapport and a positive climate for students.
Online learning can be a lonely experience. Social presence and interaction are a few proposed ways to combat students' feelings of loneliness from peers and their instructor. Given that online course popularity and opportunities continue to grow, it is necessary to examine possible ways to alleviate perceptions of loneliness, especially given its negative outcomes on students' learning experiences. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore how connections with those in the course (i.e. rapport and climate) may alleviate perceptions of loneliness in an online classroom, if at all, using rhetorical and relational goals as a theoretical perspective. The results from this study exemplify the importance of the instructor's role in building and maintaining rapport and climate. Practical implications for online instructors are presented in the discussion.
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