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- Title
Students’ perceived social presence and media richness of a synchronous videoconferencing learning environment.
- Authors
Wempe, Brandie; Collins, Royce Ann
- Abstract
This correlational cross-sectional study was conducted with 60 graduate students to explore their perceived social experiences with the use of synchronous videoconferencing in the online learning environment. By applying the theories of social presence and media richness, this study investigated the perceived relationship between social presence, social space, sociability, and media richness. The communication theories of social presence and media richness were applied to better understand the relationship between the communication medium (videoconferencing) and the interactions within the mediated environments (e.g., Zoom). This correlational crosssectional study explored graduate students perceived social presence and media richness of a synchronous videoconferencing learning environment by investigating how strongly and in what direction social presence, social space, sociability, and media richness were related. A Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to investigate how strongly and in what direction social presence, social space, sociability, and media richness were related in a synchronous videoconferencing learning environment. The results indicated a strong, positive correlation between Social Presence and Social Space (Positive Group Behavior); Social Presence and Sociability; Social Presence and Media Richness; Social Space (Positive Group Behavior) and Sociability; Social Space (Positive Group Behavior) and Media Richness; and Sociability and Media Richness. A moderate, negative correlation was indicated between Social Space (Negative Group Behavior) and Social Presence; Social Space (Negative Group Behavior) and Sociability; and Social Space (Negative Group Behavior) and Media Richness.
- Subjects
SOCIABILITY; CLASSROOM environment; VIDEOCONFERENCING; SOCIAL space; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); ONLINE education
- Publication
Online Learning, 2024, Vol 28, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
2472-5749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24059/olj.v28i1.3871