Building Community in an Online Learning Environment: Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration.

Autor/inn/en	Misanchuk, Melanie; Anderson, Tiffany
Titel	Building Community in an Online Learning Environment: Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration.
Quelle	(2001), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Uses in Education; Cooperative Learning; Distance Education; Educational Environment; Educational Technology; Evaluation Methods; Higher Education; Instructional Design; Interaction; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Computernutzung; Kooperatives Lernen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Unterrichtsmedien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Interaktion; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This paper presents strategies and rationales for implementing certain instructional techniques to move a class from cohort to community. The context is the new Distance Master's program in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. The authors give suggestions for instructional and non-instructional strategies that have students interacting at the levels of communication, cooperation, and collaboration. Instructional strategies include: ways of presenting material; assignment design; team management; content covered; and strategies for discussion material. Non-instructional strategies include: creating a computer support system so that students look beyond the technology; making reserve readings and other library resources readily available to distance students; designing an onsite orientation that encourages students to quickly bond with each other at the beginning of the program; creating an online cafe for off-topic discussions; and dealing with team/class disputes. These strategies are cross-indicated with their intended outcomes, i.e., strengthening the feeling of community as defined by a set of characteristics. Suggestions for evaluation techniques are also presented, as are questions for further research. (Contains 55 references.) (Author/MES)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed01/19.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC