TY - GEN
T1 - How do distance learners connect? Shared identity, focused work and future possibilities
AU - Sun, Na
AU - Wang, Xiying
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2019/5/2
Y1 - 2019/5/2
N2 - Distance learners often experience social isolation and impoverished social interaction with their remote peers. To better understand the connections that distance learners are able to build with peers, we interviewed them about whether and how they perceive or cultivate connections with one another. Our analysis reveals how connections in an online learning environment are formed and experienced across different social contexts and technology affordances, and what strategies and practices enable and inhibit these connections. We discuss the implications of our findings for concepts of shared identity and evolving peer relationships among online learners and for design directions that might address their social needs.
AB - Distance learners often experience social isolation and impoverished social interaction with their remote peers. To better understand the connections that distance learners are able to build with peers, we interviewed them about whether and how they perceive or cultivate connections with one another. Our analysis reveals how connections in an online learning environment are formed and experienced across different social contexts and technology affordances, and what strategies and practices enable and inhibit these connections. We discuss the implications of our findings for concepts of shared identity and evolving peer relationships among online learners and for design directions that might address their social needs.
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U2 - 10.1145/3290605.3300662
DO - 10.1145/3290605.3300662
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067597289
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
Y2 - 4 May 2019 through 9 May 2019
ER -