TY - GEN
T1 - A Path Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Presence in Online Course Discussion Forums
AU - Jeng, Amos
AU - Valdiviejas, Hannah
AU - Perry, Michelle
N1 - The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education through Grant R305A180211 to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Online social presence-the degree to which individuals project their identities and personalities into a web-based community-plays an essential role in fostering a connected and satisfying learning environment. The present study's aim was to explore gender differences in behaviors related to social presence in an online course. Using path analysis, we found that students identifying as women or non-binary were more likely than men to use indicators of mood, feeling, and emotion when posting to an online college course discussion forum, holding posting frequency constant. These results have implications for instructional strategies aimed at facilitating social presence in online learning environments.
AB - Online social presence-the degree to which individuals project their identities and personalities into a web-based community-plays an essential role in fostering a connected and satisfying learning environment. The present study's aim was to explore gender differences in behaviors related to social presence in an online course. Using path analysis, we found that students identifying as women or non-binary were more likely than men to use indicators of mood, feeling, and emotion when posting to an online college course discussion forum, holding posting frequency constant. These results have implications for instructional strategies aimed at facilitating social presence in online learning environments.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85145771732
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
SP - 937
EP - 940
BT - International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All
A2 - Chinn, Clark
A2 - Tan, Edna
A2 - Chan, Carol
A2 - Kali, Yael
PB - International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
T2 - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Y2 - 6 June 2022 through 10 June 2022
ER -