Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate 57 student teachers’ sense of social presence and their perspectives toward several Web 2.0 technologies, during a 4-year teacher education course in a Taiwan university. The Web 2.0 technologies included blogs, wikis, social networking, social bookmarking, and a virtual world. Gunawardena’s scale was utilized to assess the sense of social presence. Focus-group interviews were conducted to further explore student perspectives and the reasons underlying their feelings. The results of this mixed-method study will provide educators with an analytic framework for Web 2.0 integration, while considering students’ affective state in the use of the technologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Emotions, Technology, Design, and Learning |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 239-271 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128018569 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780128018811 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 Jan 1 |
Keywords
- Feelings
- Social media
- Social presence
- Student perspective
- Technology integration
- Web 2.0
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences