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 * Paper** **submission #019**

Instructor to Students Discourse in Online Courses
 * Title**

Dr. Peter Kiriakidis, Founder and CEO, 1387909 ONTARIO INC, Ontario, Canada, [|panto@primus.ca]
 * Presenter(s)**

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of instructor to students discourse in online courses. This research study used a path analysis model to examine the hypothesized direct relationship between the extent of instructor asynchronous discourse and the extent of student asynchronous discourse in online courses. Policy makers, administrators, and faculty may wish to use the findings of this study to develop pragmatic strategies and activities to improve course design, curriculum, and delivery methods. By encouraging and supporting online discourses, administrators can achieve greater enrollment and retention rates in online courses, thereby allowing online students to experience academic success in a technologically-based setting.
 * Abstract**

Paper accepted for proceedings
 * Notes & Comments**