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ERIC Number: EJ1121402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1195-4353
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Becoming Close with Others Online: Distributed Community Building in Online PBL Courses
vanOostveen, Roland; Childs, Elizabeth; Clarkson, Jessica; Flynn, Kathleen
College Quarterly, v19 n1 2016
Engaging in an online course has traditionally been perceived to be a lonely experience, with students busy viewing video lectures, working on problem sets and interacting intermittently with others using asynchronous technologies. More recently, over the past 6-7 years, online courses have become recognized as viable delivery vehicles for online courses in Higher Education because they have made traditional pedagogical strategies available to large audiences through a heavy reliance primarily on asynchronous technologies. In contrast to this direction this paper outlines an approach to a fully online program that attempts to build community using a broad sampling of both synchronous and asynchronous technologies. The case study reported here is derived from a series of qualitatively analyzed discussions conducted by various stakeholders in the program. The major findings point to a reconceptualization of the way social and cognitive presence can play out in online learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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