DocumentCode
3328112
Title
Distributed Knowledge Construction in an Online Community of Inquiry
Author
Waters, James ; Gasson, Susan
Author_Institution
Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA
fYear
2007
fDate
Jan. 2007
Abstract
This paper examines sustained, socially-situated engagement in online learning communities. We propose three levels of engagement that are examined through an empirical study of joint knowledge construction in an online community of inquiry. We find that the social, informational, and/or pedagogical content of peer-interaction is related to specific types of problem-structure and its relationship to learner experience. We discuss online course design indicators, based on the social engagement construct
Keywords
computer aided instruction; educational courses; distributed knowledge construction; online course design; online inquiry community; online learning community; social engagement construct; Buildings; Cultural differences; Education; Educational institutions; Global communication; Information science; Psychology; Terminology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
ISSN
1530-1605
Electronic_ISBN
1530-1605
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2007.179
Filename
4076784
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