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Students' Attitudes Towards Rapport-building Traits and Practices in Online Learning Environments

This research was a triangulated study of student attitudes towards instructors' rapport-building traits and their preferences amongst instructors' rapport-building practices in online learning environments. Participants were undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses within an educational technology program at a central Texas university. The study employed a mixed-methods approach involving the Likert-item assessment of learners' attitudes, the identification and prioritization of learner preferences through pairwise comparisons, and semi-structured interviews that provided richer, more detailed information. Findings indicated a strong preference for instructor-based traits and practices over pedagogically-based ones. These traits and practices loaded into the components of social presence, enjoyable interaction, and personal connection.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc177265
Date12 1900
CreatorsWright, Robert Demmon
ContributorsJones, James G., Lin, Lin, Warren, Scott J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Wright, Robert Demmon, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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