Khoo, Elaine G.L.Forret, Michael2012-03-232012-03-232011Khoo, E. & Forret, M. (2011). Evaluating an online learning community: Intellectual, social and emotional development and transformations. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(1), 123-142.1173-6135https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6143Developing 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.application/pdfen© 2011 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.online teachingonline learninglearning communitiesevaluationoutcomes of teaching and learningtransformations of identitiestertiaryJournal Article10.15663/wje.v16i1.75