Khoo, Elaine G.L.Forret, MichaelMcGee, Clive2015-12-0420152015-12-042015Khoo, E. G. L., & Forret, M. (2015). Evaluating an online learning community: Intellectual, social and emotional development and transformations. Waikato Journal of Education, 20th Anniversary Collection, 221–236.1173-6135https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9794Developing 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/pdfenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Online teachingonline learninglearning communitiesevaluationoutcomes of teaching and learningtransformations of identitiestertiaryNew ZealandEvaluating an online learning community: Intellectual, social and emotional development and transformationsJournal Article10.15663/wje.v20i3.2362382-0373