The Influence of Teaching Presence in Online Group Work

Group works refer to learning experiences in which people work together on the same task. As online learning has become a mainstream learning style, especially after covid-19 pandemic, it’s very common for students or learners to have online group work as well. This study is a quantitative study to explore the influence of teaching presence in online group work. The survey was conducted online with 122 respondents form a public university in Malaysia. The results show that students highly valued teaching presence the most compared to social and cognitive presence in online group work. Additionally, there are positive relationships between types of presences in online group work. Therefore, it can conclude that all presences are equally essential when it comes to online group work and teaching presence play the most important as it involves structuring the course content, setting clear learning objectives, and establishing a well-organized learning environment for learners.

online group work, online learning

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