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Schwier, Richard A.; Seaton, J. X. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2013
Does learner participation vary depending on the learning context? Are there characteristic features of participation evident in formal, non-formal, and informal online learning environments? Six online learning environments were chosen as epitomes of formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts and compared. Transcripts of online…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Informal Education
Daniel, Ben; Schwier, Richard A.; McCalla, Gordon – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal communities, neighbourhoods and groups. In particular, researchers in the social sciences and the humanities have used social capital to understand trust, shared…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Interdisciplinary Approach, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice
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Dykes, Mary E.; Schwier, Richard A. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Examines the experiences of an instructor and teaching assistant who employed online communication strategies in a graduate seminar to deliberately foster the development of a virtual learning community using synchronous and asynchronous online events. Compared their reflections with what the student reported about their learning in online…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Graduate Study
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Schwier, Richard A.; Balbar, Shelly – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2002
Describes the use of synchronous (chat) and asynchronous (bulletin board) communication in a graduate course at the University of Saskatchewan. Concludes that synchronous communication promoted a strong sense of community and continuity, but asynchronous communication was better for dealing with content. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Online Courses