Intentional and Incidental Discourse Variables in a Virtual Learning Community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Heather Ross

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1953–1965

Learning in virtual learning communities is receiving considerable attention in current literature. Research on virtual learning communities focuses on building, supporting and sustaining virtual learning communities. Despite growing research into...

Engagement and knowledge sharing in a virtual learning community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 639–646

The notion of knowledge sharing in virtual learning communities is critical but hardly researched. This paper identifies the process involved in sharing knowledge and the types of knowledge sharing objects that are exchanged in virtual learning...

Topics: Learning Objects, Community

A Consideration of Learning Processes in Virtual Learning Communities

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2494–2499

How do we understand and support learning in virtual learning communities? The main goal of this research was to take the first steps toward instantiating a model describing the fundamental processes of learning in virtual communities. We...

Participant Engagement in a Non-Formal, Self-Directed and Blended Learning Environment

Richard Schwier; Dirk Morrison; Ben Daniel; Jaymie Koroluk

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1948–1956

Novice professors representing seven disciplines participated in a year-long course on teaching in higher education that featured online self-directed learning opportunities and regular face-to-face group meetings. This study examined how...

Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Gordon McCalla; Gordon McCalla

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 29, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2003)

Abstract. 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,...