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Paul Beaufait

Building Communities--Strategies for Collaborative Learning - 2002 - ASTD - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 14 Sep 09 - Cached
  • E-learning communities are groups of people connected solely via technology. All interactions begin and occur over the Internet, through conference calls, via videoconferencing, and so forth. These communities promote virtual collaboration that's focused on addressing a specific topic, and they are supported by one or more online learning and media tools.
  • Blended learning communities integrate online learning and face-to-face meetings. Two core assumptions of this type of community are 1) deep personal relationships between learners create richer collaborative learning experiences and 2) relationships between learners can be strengthened through structured group interactions that employ technology before and/or after a face-to-face learning event.
  • For example, a leadership development program might include an ice-breaker community to provide prework and introduce participants, a face-to-face experiential workshop to help clarify and define individual development objectives, and a follow-up community that focuses on coaching and mentoring to overcome challenges as participants achieve their objectives.
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  • Whether creating a community for e-learning or one that supports a blended learning approach, community builders must consider a variety of factors related to people, group processes, and technology--if they're to design and orchestrate online environments that inspire collaborative learning.
  • As the term community has become an ambiguous buzzword, the concept has become synonymous with online discussion boards and chat rooms. When put into a learning context, however, community can be a vehicle for connecting people to other people’s stories and experiences, as well as mentoring, all of which result in accelerated learning and the sharing of tacit knowledge within an organization.
  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Sep 09
     
    Suggests communities support collaboration
  • Paul Beaufait on 12 Jan 10
     
    Identifies "Types of learning communities" and suggests how to create them.
Paul Beaufait

APA Style Blog: Using Serial Commas - 1 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 09 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 09 Apr 11
     
    Concise explanation of how and why to use serial commas
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