Bounded community: Designing and facilitating learning communities in formal courses

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Wilson, Brent G ^a   Ludwig Hardman, Stacey ^b   Thornam, Christine L ^c   Dunlap, Joanna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Western Governors University   (United States)

^c National Service Office of the Nurse Family Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Emergent systems; Instructional design; Learning community; Sense of community; Teaching presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344244002     PISSN: 14923831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v5i3.204     Document Type: Review

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