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This web article shares the results of a study exploring which types of interaction are most predictive of students' sense of community in online graduate courses at a US university. Interactions between learners which emerged as contributing the most to sense of community, in decreasing order of contribution, were (a) introductions, (b) collaborative group projects, (c) contributing personal experiences, (d) entire class online discussions, and (e) exchanging resources.

Varied case studies on blended learning

a good article on applying technolgy enhanced peer assessment

This is a practical guide to creating communities of practice. The guide is broken down into six sections: 1) Inquire 2) Design 3) Protoype 4) Launch 5) Grow 6) Sustain. It also contains a very useful table which gives practical ideas about using different technologies to create a community of practice.

A tool for keeping social bookmarks. Another one worth trying would be MENDELEY.

Brilliant book on different aspects of building online communities A bit expensive but worth adding to university library. Individual chapters can be bought and downloaded