Designing sociable online learning environments and enhancing social presence: An affordance enrichment approach

Due to the unique characteristics of online distance learning, socio-emotional aspects are an important design consideration but, at the same time, often challenging to realize. This study is concerned with the sociability of online learning environments and reports on a field-setting pre-/posttest quasi-experiment (n = 143) with a novel approach to designing sociable learning environments and fostering socio-emotional variables like social...