Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education?: An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors

Paulo Moekotte; Saskia Brand-Gruwel; Henk Ritzen

Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education? An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors

Paulo Moekotte, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Henk Ritzen

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Abstract

In this exploratory case study we investigate the relation between off line and online factors that influence social dynamics of online, collaborative learning, that is the levels of social competence and the perception of social affordances. We argued that low educated with low social competences do not benefit from online, collaborative learning opportunities, because they would have trouble perceiving and judging social affordances like sociability and social presence. However, in our study we were not able to find a significant relation between levels of social competences and the perception of social affordances. The scores we found on the social affordances sociability and social presence were very low. It is important to further explore how at-risk students visualise their communication partner during online interaction and how this information is processed and used by them during interaction and whether expectations or preferences of low educated with regard to technology use in education influence their perception of social affordances.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Digital Divide
Subtitle of host publication	Issues, Recommendations and Research
Editors	Craig S. Landers
Publisher	Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter	3
Pages	57-95
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9781536110913
ISBN (Print)	9781536110708
Publication status	Published - Apr 2017

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Series	Internet Theory, Technology and Applications

Keywords

social competence
social affordances
social dynamics
collaborative learning
online learning

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Moekotte, P., Brand-Gruwel, S., & Ritzen, H. (2017). Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education? An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors. In C. S. Landers (Ed.), The Digital Divide: Issues, Recommendations and Research (pp. 57-95). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-digital-divide-issues-recommendations-and-research/

Moekotte, Paulo ; Brand-Gruwel, Saskia ; Ritzen, Henk. / Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education? An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors. The Digital Divide: Issues, Recommendations and Research. editor / Craig S. Landers. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. pp. 57-95 (Internet Theory, Technology and Applications).

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Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education? An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors. / Moekotte, Paulo; Brand-Gruwel, Saskia; Ritzen, Henk.
The Digital Divide: Issues, Recommendations and Research. ed. / Craig S. Landers. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. p. 57-95 (Internet Theory, Technology and Applications).

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Moekotte P, Brand-Gruwel S, Ritzen H. Do levels of social competence influence the perception of social affordances among students with low levels of education? An exploratory case study of the relationship between offline and online socializing factors. In Landers CS, editor, The Digital Divide: Issues, Recommendations and Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2017. p. 57-95. (Internet Theory, Technology and Applications).