Editorial: Creating, Supporting, Sustaining and Evaluating Virtual Learning Communities

dc.creator	Xun Ge
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:33:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:33:17Z
dc.identifier	2073-7904
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ab94c5f318584e89a10ee68a174edcaa
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22640
dc.description	This special issue is dedicated to creating, building, supporting, sustaining and evaluating virtual learning communities (VLCs) using emerging technologies. The contributors from diverse disciplines have come together to share their valuable experiences and findings through their research in the following themes: (a) instructional models, strategies, approaches for building, supporting and evaluating VLCs, (b) designing effective use of tools to promote discourse and scaffold peer interactions among members, (c) iterative processes and models of designing and evaluating VLCs; and (d) various variables concerning VLCs, such as virtual community behaviors, cultural factors, adoption patterns of tools. It is hoped that these articles will provide practical guidance and offer valuable experience to both educators and researchers who are interested in designing effective VLCs and examining various aspects of VLCs to advance our understanding of VLCs.
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/154/112
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 507-512 (2011)
dc.subject	Virtual Learning Communities
dc.subject	Web 2.0
dc.subject	Affordances
dc.subject	Participatory Culture
dc.subject	Peer Interactions
dc.subject	Peer Review
dc.subject	Forum Discussion
dc.subject	Discourse
dc.subject	Social Networking Tools
dc.subject	Collaborative Platforms
dc.subject	Microblogging
dc.subject	Strategies
dc.subject	Approaches
dc.subject	Models
dc.subject	Moderation
dc.subject	Structure
dc.subject	Design
dc.subject	Evaluation
dc.subject	Behaviours
dc.subject	Ill-Structured Problem Solving
dc.subject	Critical Thinking
dc.subject	Reflective Thinking
dc.subject	21st Century Skills
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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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
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dc.title	Editorial: Creating, Supporting, Sustaining and Evaluating Virtual Learning Communities
dc.type	article