Does Sense of Community Matter? An Examination of Participants’ Perspectives in Online Courses
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Xiaojing Liu, Richard J. Magjuka, Curtis J. Bonk, Seung-hee Lee, Indiana University, United States
AACE Award
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA
Abstract
This session presents the results of a case study that examined the participants' perceptions of building learning communities in online courses in a highly ranked online MBA program. The findings suggested positive relationships between sense of learning community and the perceived learning outcomes and quality, and emerging issues that affected the sense of community in online courses.
Citation
Liu, X., Magjuka, R.J., Bonk, C.J. & Lee, S.h. (2006). Does Sense of Community Matter? An Examination of Participants’ Perspectives in Online Courses. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 2615-2621). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/24101/.
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