NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ639612
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1629
Designing and Building an On-line Community: The Struggle To Support Sociability in the Inquiry Learning Forum.
Barab, Sasha A.; MaKinster, James G.; Moore, Julie A.; Cunningham, Donald J.
Educational Technology Research and Development, v49 n4 p71-96 2001
Describes the sociotechnical structures of the Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF), a Web-based professional development tool designed to support a community of inservice and preservice mathematics and science teachers creating, sharing, and improving inquiry-based pedagogical practices. Highlights the change in focus from usability to sociability issues. (Contains 82 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inquiry, Interpersonal Competence, Online Courses, Science Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Improvement, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Sociotechnical Systems; Usability