Effects of Online Faculty Immediacy Behaviors on Student Performance
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Elena Gitin, Kaplan University, United States ; David Niemi, Kaplan Inc., United States ; Jason Levin, Kaplan University, United States
Global TIME, in Online, Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Abstract
This study investigated whether online university faculty immediacy behaviors, or behaviors intended to create a greater sense of connection between teachers and students, can reduce the sense of isolation and social disconnection that students tend to feel in online courses. Four types of behaviors were analyzed – general communication, discussion boards, grading and feedback, and seminar behaviors. Only general communication activities were related to improvements on a measure of student engagement and performance, a finding that will be used to help faculty improve their communication strategies and to strengthen the evaluation of faculty performance.
Citation
Gitin, E., Niemi, D. & Levin, J. (2012). Effects of Online Faculty Immediacy Behaviors on Student Performance. In Proceedings of Global TIME -Online Conference on Technology, Innovation, Media & Education (pp. 89-94). Online,: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/39403/.
© 2012 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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