Perry (2006) found that "photographic images used in online courses captured students' attention, stimulated creative thinking, and created community."
Guthrie and McCracken (2010) explored students' perceptions of their experiences in an online service-learning course with experiential learning in local community service.
Dialogue, defined as "a sustained collective inquiry into the processes, assumptions and certainties that compose everyday experience" (Isaac, 1993, p. 25) facilitates inquiry.
Research has shown that learning can be profoundly and personally transformative in online communities (Ryman, Burrell, Hardham, Richardson, & Ross, 2009).
"The article presents ways to prepare and put some pizzazz into the science fair. Such ways include the need to provide examples of science fair projects to students, one that is not so good and the other one that is good. It notes that a question contest be conducted in a library and awards be given not only to the best project but also to the best question."
"However, the deeper questions didn't happen in a vacuum. Students have spent hours learning the art of questioning. Here are ten things I've done in class to encourage students to ask better questions:"
""Provocative and illuminating, this book is a must read for adult educators seeking to understand and facilitate transformational learning. It showcases a stellar group of authors who not only engage each other and the reader in constructive discourse, but who also model the heart of the transformational learning process.""