April 2012 Volume 15 Number 2 - Educational Technology & Society

.71**
Social Navigation
(SN)
.68**
Social Presence with
Instructor (SPi)
.78**
Social Presence with
Peers (SPp)
Figure 6. Final Path Analysis Model (Set 2)with R 2 Values
.42**
.46**
Sense of
Community
(SOC)
.28*
Additionally, two possible full mediating relationships among the variables in the set 2 final path model were
examined (Figure 7). SOC was found to only partially mediate the relationships between SN and SPi to S. When
adding the direct path between SOC and S, the value of the direct path from SN to S remained significant, as well as
the path value between SPi and S. Thus, SOC is failed to serve as a full mediator in this path model.
.26*
.38*
Figure 7. Mediator Identification (Set 2)
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
(S)
R 2 = .68
R 2 = .65
1 * represents z < 1.96, p < .05; ** represents z < 3.29, p < .001 statistically significant; represents
significant direct path, represents significant correlation paths, represents variance explained)
SN�SOC�S
Step 1:
Step 2:
Social
Navigation
Social
Navigation
Step 3:
Social
Navigation
.72**
.72**
.73**
Sense of
Community
.34*
.73**
.52**
Sense of
Community
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Social Presence
with Instructor
Social Presence
with Instructor
Social Presence
with Instructor
SPi�SOC�S
.73** Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
.73**
.74**
Sense of
Community
.36**
.74**
Sense of
Community
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
Satisfaction with
NETwork Experience
1 * represents z > 1.96, p < .05; ** represents z > 3.29, p < .001statistically significant;
represents weaken path with significant value, represents significant path without decreasing
strength
.51**
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