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ERIC Number: EJ647621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-3518
Creating an Organic Knowledge-Building Environment within an Asynchronous Distributed Learning Context.
Moller, Leslie; Prestera, Gustavo E.; Harvey, Douglas; Downs-Keller, Margaret; McCausland, Jo-Ann
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v3 n1 p47-58 Spr 2002
Discusses organic architecture and suggests that learning environments should be designed and constructed using an organic approach, so that learning is not viewed as a distinct human activity but incorporated into everyday performance. Highlights include an organic knowledge-building model; information objects; scaffolding; discourse action communities; and facilitation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Information Utilization, Instructional Design, Learning Processes, Models, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Facilitators; Knowledge Acquisition; Learning Communities