ERIC Number: EJ938830
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 19
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Using Online Reflection and Conversation to Build Community
Lucey, Thomas A.; O'Malley, Gary S.; Jansem, Anchalee
Journal of Interactive Online Learning, v8 n3 p199-217 Win 2009
The authors examined online responses of a cohort of teachers, most of whom were taking their first graduate course. The teachers (students) posted their ideas within six blogs. Of 26 students, 11 (42.31%) consented to the analysis of their reflections. Basing their interpretation on stages of online community developed by Waltonen-Moore, Stuart, Newton, Oswald, and Varonis (2006), the authors describe the progress of one group through the stages, discuss three themes that related to a sense of classroom community, and offer suggestions for using online conversation to build classroom community. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Inservice Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Education Courses, Reflection, Classroom Environment, Grounded Theory, Transcripts (Written Records), Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis, Case Studies
University of Alabama. 152 Rose Administration, P.O. Box 870104, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. Web site: http://www.ncolr.org/jiol
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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