Four Perspectives, One Goal: Creating Communities for Online Learners
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E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Oct 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-35-3
Abstract
Online learning is proliferating the educational landscape due to demands such as flexibility and cost effectiveness. However, though enrollment in distance education courses continue to rise, there is still a high level of attrition. To remediate this situation, best practices in online course delivery and design should be adhered to. These practices involve social, cognitive, and teaching presence, community building, and effective instructional design. Fully integrating tools that support these best practices tends to be a journey fraught with obstacles from the system and bureaucratic level down to the faculty and student level. In this presentation, four different perspectives will be given on the integration of one social learning network tool designed to encourage organic, authentic discussions within a restrictive learning management system. Faculty, students, instructional designers, and student advisors will weigh in on the challenges of the implementation and the outcomes after the tool has been piloted. Initiatives for the future will be shared.
Citation
Newton, R., Rios, A. & Viruru, R. (2018). Four Perspectives, One Goal: Creating Communities for Online Learners. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1006-1009). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/185059.
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