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Social Presence in Technology-Enabled Team Learning Environments

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Social presence has been identified as one of the key factors in influencing motivation in learning. Social presence helps in increasing interactivity which fosters genuine learning and development of a community of inquiry, development of higher levels of critical thinking, reflection, and problem-solving. An analysis of social presence and lack of social presence emphasizes the need for educators to evaluate the degree of social presence in the online learning environment. Technology affords ways for teams to build interaction within the team and with the instructor. Suggestions for best and promising practices in evaluating social presence in online technology-mediated team learning and methods for increasing social presence are discussed.

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Kairu, C. (2021). Social Presence in Technology-Enabled Team Learning Environments. In: Campbell, L.O., Hartshorne, R., DeMara, R.F. (eds) Perspectives on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning. Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77614-5_11

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