The Relationship Between Student Engagement and Sense of Community in Online Learning Environments
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The aim of this study is to determine the students’ sense of community and engagement
levels which have an impact on the learning process in online learning environments and to
examine the relationships between these variables. The study sample consists 175 pedagogical
formation program students at Karabuk University during 2014-2015 academic year. In order
to obtain research data the Sense of Community Scale, Student Engagement Scale, and also
a demographic information form has been used. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA,
Kruskal Wallis H-Test, Mann Whitney U-Test, Spearman Rho Correlation Coefficient and
descriptive statistics. The main finding shows that the students’ sense of community feeling
were high. Also students’ sense of community did not differ significantly by the frequency of
participation in online course. Students’ engagements were significantly different on the
frequency of participation in online course. Students’ sense of community and engagements
were in a positive correlation.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Student engagement,sense of community,distance education,online learning
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