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Overview

Peter Shea is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York. Their research spans multiple aspects of education, particularly focused on online and blended learning environments.

They have contributed to a number of recent publications, including:

  • Building bridges to advance the Community of Inquiry framework for online learning (2022) published in Educational Psychologist
  • The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future (2024) published in Open Praxis
  • A Ten-Year Review of Online Learning Research through Co-Citation Analysis (2020) published in Online Learning
  • Investigation on graduate students' social presence and social knowledge construction in two online discussion settings (2021) published in Education and Information Technologies
  • Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research (2025) published in TechTrends

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Aras Bozkurt
  • Junhong Xiao
  • Robert Farrow
  • John Y. H. Bai
  • Chrissi Nerantzi

Shea's publications are often found in these venues:

  • Online Learning
  • Educational Psychologist
  • Open Praxis
  • TechTrends
  • Education and Information Technologies

Their research interests lie mainly in the fields of education, developmental and educational psychology, and applications of computer science. Other areas connected to their work include information systems and sociology and political science.

Main subfields they investigate are:

  • Education
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Sociology and Political Science

Shea addresses key topics such as:

  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Educational Leadership and Innovation
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Best Publications

  • Learning presence: Towards a theory of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and the development of a communities of inquiry in online and blended learning environments

    Peter Shea;Temi Bidjerano

  • A Study of Teaching Presence and Student Sense of Learning Community in Fully Online and Web-Enhanced College Courses.

    Peter Shea;Chun Sau Li;Alexandra Pickett

  • Community of inquiry as a theoretical framework to foster epistemic engagement and cognitive presence in online education

    Peter Shea;Temi Bidjerano

  • Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning with On-line Courses: Principles and Examples from the SUNY Learning Network

    Eric Fredericksen;Alexandra Pickett;Peter Shea;William Pelz

  • Building Knowledge Building Communities: Consistency, Contact and Communication in the Virtual Classroom

    Karen Swan;Peter Shea;Eric Fredericksen;Alexandra Pickett

  • A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION OF “TEACHING PRESENCE” IN THE SUNY LEARNING NETWORK

    Peter Shea;Pickett Alexandra M.;William E. Pelz

  • DEVELOPING LEARNING COMMUNITY IN ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS COLLEGE COURSES: THE ROLE OF TEACHING PRESENCE

    Peter Shea;Chun Sau Li;Karen Swan;Alexandra Pickett

  • A STUDY OF STUDENTS’ SENSE OF LEARNING COMMUNITY IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS

    Peter Shea

  • A re-examination of the community of inquiry framework: Social network and content analysis

    Peter Shea;Suzanne Hayes;Jason Vickers;Mary Gozza-Cohen

  • Examining the Extent and Nature of Online Learning in American K-12 Education: The Research Initiatives of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

    Anthony G. Picciano;Jeff Seaman;Peter Shea;Karen Swan

  • Does online learning impede degree completion? A national study of community college students

    Peter Shea;Temi Bidjerano

  • Learning presence as a moderator in the community of inquiry model

    Peter Shea;Temi Bidjerano

  • Learning presence: Additional research on a new conceptual element within the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework

    Peter Shea;Suzanne Hayes;Sedef Uzuner Smith;Jason Vickers

  • Increasing Access to Higher Education: A Study of the Diffusion of Online Teaching among 913 College Faculty.

    Peter Shea;Alexandra Pickett;Chun Sau Li

  • A Critical Review of the Use of Wenger's Community of Practice (CoP) Theoretical Framework in Online and Blended Learning Research, 2000-2014.

    Sedef Uzuner Smith;Suzanne Hayes;Peter Shea

  • Online instructional effort measured through the lens of teaching presence in the community of inquiry framework: A re-examination of measures and approach

    Peter Shea;Suzanne Hayes;Jason Vickers

  • The Development of Virtual Learning Communities

    Karen Swan;Peter J. Shea

  • Measures of Learning Effectiveness in the SUNY Learning Network

    Peter Shea;Eric Fredericksen;Alexandra Pickett;William Pelz

  • Reconceptualizing the community of inquiry framework: An exploratory analysis

    Peter Shea;Suzanne Hayes;Sedef Uzuner-Smith;Mary Gozza-Cohen

  • Factors Influencing Faculty Satisfaction with Asynchronous Teaching and Learning in the SUNY Learning Network

    Eric Fredericksen;Alexandra Pickett;Peter Shea;William Pelz

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Swan
Karen Swan University of Illinois at Springfield
D. Randy Garrison
D. Randy Garrison University of Calgary

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