“…In turn, the lack of peer and learnerinstructor interactions can impact students' motivation and cognitive processes (Schunk, Pintrich, & Meece, 2008). To address the lack of interactivity in an online learning environment, researchers consistently agree that online instructors need to pay special attention to facilitate interactions in an online learning environment (An, Shin, & Lim, 2009;Berge, 1999;Cho & Cho, 2016;Cho & Kim, 2013;Hew, Cheung, & Ng, 2010;Mandernach, Forrest, Babutzke, & Manker, 2009;Moore, 1989).…”