Date of Award
8-2020
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Information Media - Information Technologies: M.S.
Department
Information Media
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Yun Claire Park
Second Advisor
Debra K Japp
Third Advisor
James Johnson
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Social Media, Online Education, Students Sense of Belonging, Twitter, Facebook, Sense of Belonging, Online Presence, Online Community
Abstract
Social media was found to have a significant impact on the development of sense of belonging in online education. Sense of belonging is an important factor concerning academic settings and yielding effective results. Various studies have examined the role of sense of belonging in online courses and have found it to be significant in nurturing student motivation and achieving better academic results. Creating a better sense of belonging in students via social media counters the lack of active interaction in asynchronous classrooms and helps in improving retention and overall results.
Recommended Citation
Khan, Shah R., "Fostering Students’ Sense of Belonging in Online Asynchronous Courses through Social Media" (2020). Culminating Projects in Information Media. 27.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/im_etds/27
