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Chapter 18 - Universities’ Online Networking Operations

Expectations and Perceptions

from Part IV - Networking and Social Activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2022

By
Xianghan O’Dea
Edited by
Andreas Kaplan
Andreas Kaplan
Affiliation:
ESCP Business School Berlin
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this research explores the effectiveness of one UK university’s online networking operations from the student perspective. Existing research on online learning has largely overlooked students’ social development. However, developing a desired level of social connections is considered critical for boosting their emotional well-being. Adopting case study, this research used semi-structured interviews to collect data. The findings suggest that this group of year one students did not meet as many new people as they wished, and were also unable to turn acquaintances into close friends (breadth and depth), even though they were looking forward to making new friends. It appears that a lack of face-to-face, and also online networking opportunities seems to be the main causes. This study ends with recommendations for UK universities, and potentially higher education institutions in other countries using remote teaching as the main teaching approach.

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COVid-19 pandemicdigital text messagesonline learningonline networking operationsphysical proximityremote learningsocial mediaUK institutionsyear one students.
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Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education , pp. 223 - 236
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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