JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views
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1) A sense of shared purpose 2) Establishment of boundaries defining who is a member and who is not 3) Establishment and enforcement of rules/policies regarding community behavior 4) Interaction among members, and 5) A level of trust, respect and support among community members
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When these interactions among community members are directed toward the purpose for which the community was formed, it is considered collaboration
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Woods & Ebersole (2003) assert that optimal learning outcomes are “directly tied to the establishment of social networks among participants engaged in a collaborative learning enterprise”