Building Sense of Community at a Distance

This article challenges the belief that strong sense of community is limited to the traditional classroom and proposes that the virtual classroom has the potential of building and sustaining sense of community at levels that are comparable to the traditional classroom. Drawing on research literature...

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Autor principal:	Alfred P. Rovai
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2002
Materias:	distance education community spirit trust interaction learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/09c7fcdef1ba4a6685b22aecbddf9c8e
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:09c7fcdef1ba4a6685b22aecbddf9c8e2021-12-02T16:59:51ZBuilding Sense of Community at a Distance10.19173/irrodl.v3i1.791492-3831https://doaj.org/article/09c7fcdef1ba4a6685b22aecbddf9c8e2002-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/79https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This article challenges the belief that strong sense of community is limited to the traditional classroom and proposes that the virtual classroom has the potential of building and sustaining sense of community at levels that are comparable to the traditional classroom. Drawing on research literature, the concept of learning community is applied to the virtual classroom by taking on the issue of how best to design and conduct an online course that fosters community among learners who are physically separated from each other. Course design principles are described that facilitate dialogue and decrease psychological distance, thereby increasing a sense of community among learners. Key Terms Distance education, community, spirit, trust, interaction, learning, persistence, attrition, ALN, onlineAlfred P. RovaiAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationcommunityspirittrustinteractionlearningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2002)
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description	This article challenges the belief that strong sense of community is limited to the traditional classroom and proposes that the virtual classroom has the potential of building and sustaining sense of community at levels that are comparable to the traditional classroom. Drawing on research literature, the concept of learning community is applied to the virtual classroom by taking on the issue of how best to design and conduct an online course that fosters community among learners who are physically separated from each other. Course design principles are described that facilitate dialogue and decrease psychological distance, thereby increasing a sense of community among learners. Key Terms Distance education, community, spirit, trust, interaction, learning, persistence, attrition, ALN, online
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Building Sense of Community at a Distance

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