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Online Peer Assisted Learning Community

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Description

A reusable lesson- and course-level design in which an online learning community is built on peer assisted learning, blended learning, and knowledge management. Learners take rotating roles as instructor/assistant or learner needing help, supported by a peer tutor of intermediate ability, personal knowledge management tools, and communication tools such as BBS, blog, messaging, and email. The article states that "Construction of online peer assisted learning community regards peer assisted learning, blended learning and knowledge management as its theoretical base."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Learners' learning problems and needs are identified and learners are matched with peer tutors or assistants of appropriate ability.
  • Communication tools (BBS, blog, messaging, email) and personal knowledge management tools must be available in the community.

Constraints

  • Spontaneous interest-based groups within the community require guidance and management to advance healthily.

Target Learners

  • university students in a Distance Education course at Zhejiang Normal University

Target Goals

  • knowledge construction
  • collaboration ability
  • interpersonal interaction
  • informal learning

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Online peer assisted learning community model and its application in ZJNU. (2008). https://eric.ed.gov
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title Online Peer Assisted Learning Community
description A reusable lesson- and course-level design in which an online learning community is built on peer assisted learning, blended learning, and knowledge management.
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