Strategies to promote social presence in online learning groups

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Vincenza Benigno
Antonella Chifari

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Presentation of an example on how to facilitate and encourage socio-emotional learning in groups online. It is proposed to represent a grid mode 'through which groups can evolve and be structured.

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