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      Evaluating an online learning community: Intellectual, social and emotional development and transformations.

      Khoo, Elaine G.L.; Forret, Michael
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      Khoo, E. & Forret, M. (2011). Evaluating an online learning community: Intellectual, social and emotional development and transformations. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(1), 123-142.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6143
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      Developing online learning communities is a promising pedagogical approach in online learning contexts for adult tertiary learners, but it is no easy task. Understanding how learning communities are formed and evaluating their efficacy in supporting teaching-learning involves a complex set of issues that have a bearing on the design and facilitation of successful online learning experiences. This paper presents findings of a case study of a semester-long online graduate course designed to facilitate a learning community at a New Zealand tertiary institution. It adopts a sociocultural analytical framework and argues for a multiple developmental analytical approach to evaluating learning that considers lecturer and student intellectual, social and emotional development and transformations. Implications are presented for online lecturers, course designers and institutional administrators.
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      2011
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      Journal Article
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      Faculty of Education, University of Waikato
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      © 2011 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.
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