The Struggle for Community and Content in Virtual Learning Communities
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Richard Schwier, Mary DyKes, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Lugano, Switzerland ISBN 978-1-880094-53-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
This paper reports a three-year case study of online communication strategies in a graduate seminar and extends preliminary findings from the first two years of the study (Schwier & Balbar, 2002; Dykes & Schwier, 2003). It discusses how different combinations of synchronous and asynchronous communication strategies were implemented in a graduate-level course, and examines how implementation strategies influenced the balance of community and content in the course.
Citation
Schwier, R. & DyKes, M. (2004). The Struggle for Community and Content in Virtual Learning Communities. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 2976-2982). Lugano, Switzerland: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/12438/.
© 2004 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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