Emergence of a New Identity

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Copyright: 2011
Pages: 24
Source title: Anonymity and Learning in Digitally Mediated Communications: Authenticity and Trust in Cyber Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bobbe Baggio (La Salle University, USA)and Yoany Beldarrain (La Salle University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-543-8.ch006

Keywords: Computer-Mediated Communication / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications

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Abstract

Online learning communities are created and sustained by a collective sense of we-ness. There are many factors however, that influence the development of the community. Cyber educators may use digitally mediated communications (DMC) that are synchronous or asynchronous to promote social presence and connectedness within the online environment. The identity of the self as well as the identity of the group must be developed in order for knowledge to be co-constructed by the group and for trust to be established. Often times, however, a new self identity emerges as part of the process.

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