Does Your Presence Matter to Students? Teaching Presence in Online Education

Based on data collected from student grades, student-instructor communication, discussion board posting and course evaluations, the researcher/instructor set out to determine if creating a greater sense of teaching presence was a worthwhile investment of the researcher's time and energy.

• Kristi Preisman, associate professor at Peru State College in Peru, NE. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for the school of education. Her research interests include online education and social presence.