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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
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Researching Social Capital in Video Mediated Virtual Communities: Problems and Prospects – The State of Affairs
Nancy Poon; Ben Daniel
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2315–2324
The meaning of interaction in virtual learning communities can be difficult to understand let alone reconstruct conceptually. For instance, capturing perspectives of participants and making inferences which are both valid and meaningful poses many...
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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...
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Analysis of Interactions Patterns in Video-Mediated Virtual Communities to Model Social Capital
Ben Daniel; Nancy Poon
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 683–688
Communication incorporating text based chat rooms with aural and webcam technologies are becoming a powerful means of supporting interactions in different virtual communities and distributed teams. The goal here is to understand interaction patterns ...
Topics: Video, Interaction
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Stakeholders Analysis as a Research Methodology: Implications for Development of a Distributed Community of Practice for Health Research and Innovation
Ben Daniel; Beth Horsburgh
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2500–2505
There is a continuous requirement to understand complex human diseases. Recently, the need for a rising awareness in understanding a pandemic such as H1N1, and its preventative measures will most likely lie within many disciplines. The coalescing of ...
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The Learning Objects' Approach: Challenges and Opportunities
Permanand Mohan; Ben Daniel
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2512–2520
Over the last five years, there has been tremendous interest worldwide in online learning materials known as "learning objects", coupled with several large-scale international developments such as e-learning standards and specifications for...
Topics: Learning Objects
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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...
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Blended Learning Approach for Technology Enhanced Learning Environment
Ben Daniel; Kathleen Matheos; Gordon McCalla
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1840–1845
There is an increasing interest in the notion of blended learning as an effective approach for enhancing learning in higher education and the corporate sector. Despite this growing interest, little empirical work is available to support the...
Topics: Computer Sciences
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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...
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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,...