Best Practices of Distance Dissertation Mentorship through Social Presence

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Author(s): Libi Shen (University of Phoenix, USA)and Irene Linlin Chen (University of Houston Downtown, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 20
Source title: Online Tutor 2.0: Methodologies and Case Studies for Successful Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Francisco José García-Peñalvo (University of Salamanca, Spain)and Antonio Miguel Seoane Pardo (University of Salamanca, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5832-5.ch010

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

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This chapter explores online instructors’ distance dissertation mentorship through social presence. Eight dissertation chairs were invited to answer in-depth interview questions in this case study. The theories and definitions of social presence, the effectiveness of social presence in online courses, and the strategies to improve social presence in online settings were reviewed. Major findings of this study reveal the critical role of social presence in dissertation mentoring, successful strategies to improve social presence in online dissertation courses, teachers’ limited use of social media, emoticons, and University Mobile 3.0, the need for synchronous virtual interaction in online dissertation classes, and teachers’ challenges of online dissertation mentorship. Finally, the study recommends future research directions.

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