By Debbie Garber, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol 5 (2), August 2004. This paper goes beyond technology to look at "the social process on which an online learning community if it is to flourish and be useful." Also stresses "importance of nurturing the community's health, and the natural life cycle of a virtual community...."
By Gail O. Mellow, Diana D. Woolis, and Diana Laurillard in Change, May-June 2011. Co-PIs Mellow and Woolis, along with Diana Laurillard, write about the GSCC project. Full article is available by subscription only; check with your local library for access.
By L. Kupczynski, P. Ice, R. Wiesenmayer, and F. McCluskey in Journal of Interactive Online Learning, vol 9 (1), Spring 2010, pp. 23-43. Based in the Community of Inquiry Framework, this paper looks at the interactions between teaching, social and cognitive presence in the online learning experience.