Transactional distance and teaching presence in e-learning environments

Julia Penn Shaw and Jianhao Chen

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2012, vol. 11, issue 1, 44-59

Abstract: Adopting an ecological systems model (Shaw and Chacon, 2010), we propose using transactional distance (TD) to assess three aspects of e-learning environments: the essential learner-teacher dialogue; teaching presence (social, cognitive and cultural); and levels of infrastructure (basic, grounded and emergent). We analyse the e-learning system for: goal of a dynamic learner-teacher dialogue; engagement through effective teaching presence; management of teaching presence through short transactional distances; and support of transactional distances through levels of infrastructure. Short transactional distances for teaching presence within the framework of e-learning transactional distance improve effective e-learning at the heart of the learning system: the learner/teacher dialogue.

Keywords: electronic learning; online learning; internet; world wide web; transactional distances; teaching presence; ecological systems; learner-teacher dialogues; social aspects; cognitive aspects; cultural aspects; basic infrastructures; grounded infrastructures; emergent infrastructures; student engagement; transactional spaces; e-learning ecology; cultural presence; Julia Penn Shaw; Fabio Chacon; innovation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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