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Rook, Michael M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
The author presents a three-step process for selecting participants for any study of a social phenomenon that occurs between people in locations and at times that are difficult to observe. The process is described with illustrative examples from a previous study of help giving in a community of learners. This paper includes a rationale for…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Selection
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Kearns, Lorna R.; Frey, Barbara A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Communication, collaboration and community development are processes that contribute to student satisfaction and learning in online courses. This paper describes a study that investigated how campus and distance graduate students in a library science program communicated with one another outside the official boundaries of their courses. We…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Online Courses