Title
Effects of online presence on learning performance in a blog-based online course
Abstract
This study investigated how learners' perceived online presence contributed to their learning performance while participating in a blog-based university course. Although the literature evidently highlights that there is a necessity for online presence in online courses, concrete design approaches and empirical evaluation of the impact of online presence on learning performance in blog-based courses are lacking. An empirical study was therefore conducted to understand the relationship between individuals' perceptions of online presence, in terms of teaching, social and cognitive presences, and their learning performance, in terms of subjective and objective learning outcomes. Research questions were tested and data were analyzed using regression analysis. The results indicate that online presence has a significant influence on learning performance. A subsequent analysis found that cognitive presence played the most important role in blog-based online learning performance. This study also identified a significant relationship in learning performance between students' subjective and objective learning outcomes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.iheduc.2016.04.002
The Internet and Higher Education
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Blog-based course,Cognitive presence,Learning performance,Online presence,Social presence,Teaching presence
Journal
30
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1096-7516
2
0.42
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jie-Chi Yang135043.91
Benazir Quadir243.15
Nian-Shing Chen399397.54
Qiang Miao420.42