Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
School
School of Communications and Multimedia / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts,Technology, Education and Communications
RAS ID
1646
Abstract
This paper investigates the development of sense of community among learners engaging in online learning where the principles of collaborative learning are considered key instructional strategies. In particular this paper explores the development of learner's sense of community as an outcome of engaging in instructor initiated activities that are intended to promote community development. The paper discusses design principles for the development of sense of community identified in contemporary literature. In addition it reports a case study that sought to identify the forms of engagement and activity that promote community development, the manner in which students responded to these and the resulting sense of community.
Access Rights
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Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Brook, C. & Oliver, R. (2003). Designing For Online Learning Communities. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1494-1500). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.