Adult online learners in courses without structured collaboration spontaneously build effective learning communities in their offline work contexts¶
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q2 i? In a case study of ten graduates of a non-collaborative online program, learners developed individualistic study habits and established supportive learning communities outside the courses. → Kyungmee Lee 2018
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Kyungmee Lee 2018¶
Kyungmee Lee. (2018). Everyone already has their community beyond the screen: reconceptualizing online learning and expanding boundaries. Educational Technology Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-018-9613-y
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Case study of ten graduates of an online management program at an open university in South Korea, based on interviews. The focal participant Sumi reported that offline colleagues provided "endless emotional and social support", and this theme was echoed by the other nine interviewees.
"Although social interactions in her online courses were limited and not desired, Sumi had established an effective learning community outside those courses."
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Related Claims¶
- Creating community and interacting with students online required deliberate, planned effort unlike spontaneous face-to-face co-presence — reports the opposite
- A carefully built course-internal CoP in a fully online doctoral program dissipated once the structured course period ended — reports the opposite
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Adult online learners in courses without structured collaboration spontaneously build effective learning communities in their offline work contexts |
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Adult online learners in courses without structured collaboration spontaneously build effective learning communities in their offline work contexts |
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