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The influence of communication technologies and approaches to study on transactional distance in blended learning

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dc.creator Steve Wheeler
dc.date 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:11:35Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:11:35Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/rlt.v15i2.10914
dc.identifier 2156-7069
dc.identifier 2156-7077
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/df6e51d5b0d64798acd6263dc67ccc61
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14521
dc.description This paper explores the role played by communication technologies and study orientations in the amplification and reduction of transactional distance in blended learning. Factor analysis and structural equation modelling of different communication modes (face to face, email and telephone) revealed that students experience at least some transactional distance when separated from their tutors. Email was found to facilitate the highest levels of immediacy of dialogue for most students. The conclusion is that strategic students are best placed to benefit from blended learning, and that the effects of transactional distance could be analysed more deeply if two subvariables of dialogue were recognised. These are social presence (the perception of connectedness between students and their tutors) and immediacy (the temporal effects of dialogue).
dc.language English
dc.relation http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10914
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Research in Learning Technology, Vol 15, Iss 2 (2007)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title The influence of communication technologies and approaches to study on transactional distance in blended learning
dc.type article


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