In this presentation, Athabasca University graduate students Phillip Potts and Denis Tanguay, P.Eng., will present and discuss the results of a research survey they conducted among their classmates in a course on Advanced Technology in Distance Education. Does technology reduce or enhance transactional presence in distance education? Is technology alone able to give students a sense of connection with a course and its instructor, or does it push students away? Both Phillip and Denis are focusing their graduate studies on the relationship and impact of transactional distance and transactional presence on the learning process of distance education in adults and high school students.