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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मुख्य लेखक: Rovai, Alfred P.
स्वरूप: Article ou chapitre numérique
भाषा:Anglais
प्रकाशित: Distances et médiations des savoirs 2018
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:dms_2685 https://doi.org/10.4000/dms.2685 urn:doi:10.4000/dms.2685 en https://journals.openedition.org/dms/2685 2018-10-07T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/f8h5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Building Sense of Community at a Distance Distances et médiations des savoirs CNED-Centre national d'enseignement à distance info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2264-7228 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/dms Rovai, Alfred P. distance education; community; spirit; trust; interaction; learning; persistence; attrition; ALN; online 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. First publication : http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/rovai.pdf
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topic distance education; community; spirit; trust; interaction; learning; persistence; attrition; ALN; online
spellingShingle distance education; community; spirit; trust; interaction; learning; persistence; attrition; ALN; online
Rovai, Alfred P.
Building Sense of Community at a Distance
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. First publication : http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/rovai.pdf
author Rovai, Alfred P.
author_facet Rovai, Alfred P.
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title Building Sense of Community at a Distance
title_short Building Sense of Community at a Distance
title_full Building Sense of Community at a Distance
title_fullStr Building Sense of Community at a Distance
title_full_unstemmed Building Sense of Community at a Distance
title_sort building sense of community at a distance
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