The purpose of this poster is to share a research proposal developed by the presenter through the mentoring and training provided by OHSU's Education Scholar Program. he proposed research aims to answer the question: Does an asynchronous discussion using audiovisual software promote engagement and social presence among nursing students, when compared with a traditional text-based discussion? Anticipated outcomes include an increase in both social presence among students and student engagement in VoiceThread discussions, as compared to text-based discussions.