Interacting at a Distance: Creating Engagement in Online Learning Environments

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Author(s): Robert L. Moore (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 25
Source title: Handbook of Research on Strategic Management of Interaction, Presence, and Participation in Online Courses
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lydia Kyei-Blankson (Illinois State University, USA), Joseph Blankson (Ohio Northern University, USA), Esther Ntuli (Idaho State University, USA)and Cynthia Agyeman (Ohio University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9582-5.ch016

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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Effective online instruction requires understanding not only interaction but also how to facilitate interaction through technology (Moore & Kearsley, 2012). Specifically, Moore and Kearsley (2012) categorize these types of interactions as “learner with content, interaction with instruction [or] interaction with other learners” (p. 132). This chapter examines each of these interaction types and suggests ways to incorporate them into online learning environments (OLEs). The chapter provides techniques and approaches that will be beneficial to both instructional design practitioners and online instructors. It seeks to assuage some of the concerns that faculty have about OLEs and provides ideas and activities that can be implemented by course designers or instructors in OLE projects.

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