Group Projects: Student Perceptions of the Relationship Between Social Tasks and a Sense of Community in Online Group Work

Autor:	Bruce A. Cameron, Karen C. Williams, Kyle Lee Kostelecky, Kari Morgan
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Cooperative learning Sense of community Distance education Applied psychology Educational technology Social environment Computer Science Applications Education Task (project management) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Computer-mediated communication Group work Psychology Social psychology
Zdroj:	American Journal of Distance Education. 23:20-33
ISSN:	1538-9286 0892-3647
DOI:	10.1080/08923640802664466
Popis:	This study explored the relationship between specific social tasks and student perceptions of a sense of community during online group work. A survey instrument was developed, piloted, and deployed to 125 students in six different online classes. Results revealed few significant relationships between each of the five social tasks examined and student perceptions of a sense of community during online group work; however, students reported that some social tasks were important. Students seemed to focus more on completing a task for a grade than seeing group projects as part of developing community to enhance learning. This might reflect a lack of understanding by the students of the importance of social tasks to successful group project completion.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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