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Social Presence in Massive Open Online Courses

The perception of social presence differs between students (regular, occasional, non-posters) for forum activity levels.
Students who participate in forums have higher social presence scores than the group average (social presence is meaningful to those who regularly post).
Social presence is dependent on how long the course is and forum interaction.
The highest social presence was presented in a group with the smallest number of students.
- This could be due to smaller courses allowing students to take in all the information on forums (not be overwhelmed) and establish a social presence. While larger courses with more active students, it will be harder for all the students to grasp all the information and establish a social presence.
In a larger number of student groups, social presence was high for students who posted frequently and interacted on the forums more than students who did not participate.

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Updated 2021-08-18

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