The Relationship Between the Students’ Perception of Social Presence Online and Their Achievement

I: Introduction The period for online learning has ended. Whatever study of previous online learning, online learning is here. Demand for it encouraged educational institutions to adopt it. The technology revolution promoted its implementation. Its convenience, flexibility and other advantages make it a preferred form of learning. The existence of such learning should allow researchers to explore factors that will help improve their quality rather than checking their effectiveness.

Recognition of social existence (or lack thereof) is an important issue in online learning for students and teachers. Teachers individually offer courses and students offer courses individually. The researchers found that there is a strong correlation between the social existence of the curriculum and the student's perceptual learning. Furthermore, there is a good correlation between the cancellation of the program and the lack of social interaction between the students and the existence of the teacher. The lack of social interaction in e-learning is drawing attention as learners search for social interactions elsewhere, usually Twitter, Whatsapp, or Facebook. If there are other learners doing the same course in my apartment, I have few opportunities to know him. As a learner of the online course, except for some responses in the discussion forum, we forget the existence of others.

Research thinks that social interaction and the existence of teachers are likely to retreat and fail, while student social existence and the existence of teacher's online courses influence the overall perception of their learning (Capra, 2011; Rovai & Wighting; Trello, 2007). E-learning as an educational method lets learners experience meditation, remoteness, lack of interaction or relationship. Therefore, to mitigate this effect, we need very powerful inspiration and skills to manage the time. - Contemporary perspectives and strategies for education, learning and evaluation, p. 273

Twitter is also used for educational purposes and we are investigating whether extracurricular activities significantly improve student learning, interpersonal relationships and social presence (Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2010; Rinaldo, Tapp, & Laverie, 2011; Sweetser , 2008). Social existence is a conceptual framework that explains the ability of people to express themselves as "real people" among intermediaries. Social presence is defined as what the community is aware of other participants in the online community and plays an important role in communication and on-line learning through computers.

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