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Practical Strategies in Improving Teacher Immediacy of Online Instruction
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, University of Houston, United States

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Lugano, Switzerland ISBN 978-1-880094-53-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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The focus of this paper is to explore why we have to turn our attention to human elements of teaching, conceptualizing ?eacher immediacy,?and to gather empirical information from which online teachers benefit when thinking of online practice reform. Simply recognizing the importance of human touch and teacher immediacy in online will show the path that online teaching should follow. This paper sets out the definition of teacher immediacy, a term which is proved to be significant in student learning, motivation, and satisfaction in traditional classrooms, and then details practical guidelines of teacher immediacy which online teachers can consider toward the end of more effective teaching.

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Kim, H.Y. (2004). Practical Strategies in Improving Teacher Immediacy of Online Instruction. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 3921-3926). Lugano, Switzerland: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved February 27, 2021 from .

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