Building a sense of community (SoC) is an important process in the success of distance education and students’ retention. However, developing a community in online learning environments is not an easy task. The purpose of this research study is to explore perceptions of graduate students on SoC and learning after using different collaborative activities with diverse forms of interaction (text, audio, and video) in an online educational research course. Quantitative data from two surveys and qualitative data from individual interviews were collected. Findings indicate that multimodal and scaffolding interactive activities help to support connectedness and learning, and therefore foster online graduate students’ sense of community. The results of this study add to the literature with regard to instructional strategies used to support the development of online sense of community.

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发展在线社区意识：研究生的经验和看法

建立社区意识（SoC）是成功进行远程教育和留住学生的重要过程。但是，在在线学习环境中建立社区并非易事。本研究的目的是在在线教育研究课程中，通过使用具有多种交互形式（文本，音频和视频）的不同协作活动，探索研究生对SoC和学习的看法。收集了两次调查的定量数据和个人访谈的定性数据。调查结果表明，多式联运和脚手架互动活动有助于支持联系和学习，从而增强在线研究生的社区意识。