The Loneliness of the Long Distance Learner, Can Blogging Make a Difference?
Lynn Boyle & Brenda Dunn This presentation will discuss the isolation felt by distance learning students and how using collegiate interactive blogs may be useful in alleviating this perceived isolation and how we have helped to facilitate a community of learners online. After a brief outline of the thinking behind a Childhood Practice community on the VLE, research into students perceptions of distance learning will be presented. This will be followed by a demonstration of what has happened and been produced with the students via a very successful blog. Educational Design for Teacher Presence in Online Learning Communities Brian Hudson This paper is based on a study of the student learning experience in an international Masters programme which involved working in an online learning environment. It builds on earlier studies into the formation of online learning communities which highlighted the importance of the design and development of social infrastructure for supporting the developm
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