@inproceedings{3953e931081c47219ad29032fef04eb5,
title = "Connection enablers in online learning community: From informative online personae to meaningful social space",
abstract = "Building communities for online learners may ameliorate pervasive issues relating to learner retention and satisfaction. To move in this direction, we propose that educational technology infrastructures should make personal information about students more visible, so as to invite and encourage social interaction. We are exploring this {"}visibility proposition{"} through a design research project. In this paper we report part of our quantitative empirical work carried out to support the collection and visualization of student information (what we call online personae). This work points to an information framework for online personae for distance learners. We also discuss the design implications for helping distance learners to uncover meaningful but hidden connections within virtual learning communities.",
author = "Na Sun and Rosson, {Mary Beth}",
year = "2017",
month = feb,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1145/3022198.3026348",
language = "English (US)",
series = "CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "315--318",
booktitle = "CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing",
note = "2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017 ; Conference date: 25-02-2017 Through 01-03-2017",
}