Internet Learning Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2015 | Page 37

Internet Learning Journal – Volume 4, Issue 1 – Spring 2015
No. Lead Author Year Purpose Participants Methodology Findings
4 Ekwunife-
Orakwue
outcomes” (p. 41)
2014 The purpose of
this study is to
measure how
student
interactions
in online and
blended learning
environments
impacted
5student learning
outcomes, as
measured
by student
satisfaction and
student grades.
5 Caudle 2013 The study
describes
how the author
“established
teaching
and social
presences within
a 3-month
community of
practice
comprising four
educators and
mentor teachers”.
6 Gregory 2012 “The purpose of
this article is to
show some
evidence of the
342 students
enrolled in online
classes in
Qualitative:
Narrative
Approach
4 participants for
qualitative
observation;
quantitative data
Quantitative:
student
satisfaction
survey
instrument
Teachers (4)
mentoring preservice
teachers
enrolled in the
university's
early
childhood
teacher
education
program
mixed method
approach:
Observation
and statistical
or tests over
the assigned
readings
“Students may
interact with
course
contents more
frequently than
they interact
with
their
instructors and
other learners.
This raises the
question of the
role instructors
should play in
promoting
greater
dialogue with
students,
and among
students,
especially to
reduce feelings
of isolation
and
detachment
that may
contribute to
perceived
distance”.
“This study
provides
insight into the
many roles a
facilitator
adopted to
establish
teaching and
social
presences
within a
community of
practice”.
“A teacher
who is
planning
online
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