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ERIC Number: EJ663216
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-3518
Laying the Groundwork for the Development of Learning Communities within Online Courses.
Lock, Jennifer V.
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v3 n4 p395-408 Win 2002
Discusses virtual learning environments, or online learning communities. Highlights include a conceptual framework; theoretical orientation; characteristics of online learning communities; pedagogical issues in course development, including communication, collaboration, interaction, and participation; technological issues; community building; guidelines for creating an online learning community; and guidelines for sustaining an online learning community. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Guidelines, Instructional Design, Interaction, Online Courses, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Collaborative Learning; Conceptual Frameworks; Course Development; Learning Communities; Sense of Community; Theoretical Analysis; Virtual Communities