Three types of interaction

TL;DR: The second edition of "The Theory and Practice of Online Learning" features updates in each chapter, plus four new chapters on current distance education issues such as connectivism and social software innovations.

TL;DR: The authors explored the role of social presence in online learning environments and its relationship to students' perceptions of learning and satisfaction with the instructor, and found that students with high overall perceptions of the social presence also scored high in terms of perceived learning and perceived satisfaction with instructor.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed the depth of online learning, with a focus on the nature of online interaction in four distance education course designs, and found that structure and leadership were crucial for online learners to take a deep and meaningful approach to learning.

TL;DR: Students in the e-learning environment that provided interactive video achieved significantly better learning performance and a higher level of learner satisfaction than those in other settings, and the findings suggest that it may be important to integrate interactive instructional video into e- learning systems.