An Investigation of the Development of a Reflective Virtual Learning Community in an Ill-Structured Domain of Instructional Design

dc.creator	Deniz Eseryel
dc.creator	Xun Ge
dc.creator	Victor Law
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:16Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:16Z
dc.identifier	2073-7904
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cc5f7f6aad4d4baea59bfc33a46ff1fa
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17520
dc.description	This article examines the development of novice instructional designers in a reflective learning community. The study was situated in a blended learning course, which utilized a web-based learning management system as a communication platform. Drawing from communities of practice as a theoretical framework, we examined (1) how individual and group characteristics influenced knowledge construction, (2) how members developed their epistemic frames of instructional design, and (3) the dynamics of group interactions during the knowledge constructions in the learning community. The findings highlighted issues related to the development of an online learning community, such as considering prior members’ knowledge and experience towards learning in a technology-mediated environment, enculturating minority groups in the learning community, providing structure to promote the formation and development of a learning community, and cultivating shared leadership behaviors.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited
dc.relation	http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/153/113
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2073-7904
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Knowledge Management & E-Learning : an International Journal, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 513-533 (2011)
dc.subject	Virtual Learning Community
dc.subject	Ill-structured Knowledge Domain
dc.subject	Instructional Design
dc.subject	Individual and Collective Characteristics
dc.subject	Scaffolding
dc.subject	Epistemic Frames
dc.subject	Emergent Leadership
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	An Investigation of the Development of a Reflective Virtual Learning Community in an Ill-Structured Domain of Instructional Design
dc.type	article