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Differences in Social, Teaching, and Cognitive presence: a comparison of two discussion formats in an online course.

Molnar, Amy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429885926

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2015, Master of Dental Hygiene, Ohio State University, Dentistry.
Online education, and its development as an "anytime, anywhere" option for obtaining higher education, has become an attractive alternative to traditional face-to-face learning. Professional academic programs, such as dental hygiene, are not immune to growing utilization of online education, with 34 (62%) of dental hygiene degree completion programs and 14 (64%) of dental hygiene master's programs offer most or all of their courses online. The purpose of this study was to observe and compare the development of social, teaching, and cognitive presence while utilizing two different tools of online discussion, asynchronous discussion boards and synchronous video web-conferencing. Content analysis was completed on transcripts of 8 discussions that occurred during the 16-week course. Significant differences were found in the average numbers of indicators in the synchronous discussions in cognitive, social, and teaching presences. The synchronous discussions achieved the highest level of cognitive presence more frequently than the asynchronous discussion (p=0.005). This study suggests that synchronous video web-conference in online discussions may create higher levels of presence in an online course. More research is needed to compare synchronous video web-conference and asynchronous discussion boards in the Community of Inquiry framework.
Rachel Henry (Advisor)
Amer Rafat (Committee Member)
Moore Wendy (Committee Member)
85 p.
Dentistry; Educational Theory

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  • Molnar, A. (2015). Differences in Social, Teaching, and Cognitive presence: a comparison of two discussion formats in an online course. [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429885926

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Molnar, Amy. Differences in Social, Teaching, and Cognitive presence: a comparison of two discussion formats in an online course. . 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429885926.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Molnar, Amy. "Differences in Social, Teaching, and Cognitive presence: a comparison of two discussion formats in an online course. ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429885926

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