Sasha A. Barab / Rob Kling / James H. Gray (eds.)

Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

Herausgeber: Barab, Sasha; Gray, James; Kling, Rob

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions relevant to designing for and researching web-based communities to support the learning process. Coming from diverse academic backgrounds, the authors examine what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support educational processes. Taken as a collection, the chapters point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for a web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 773g
• ISBN-13: 9780521520812
• ISBN-10: 0521520819
• Artikelnr.: 22077263

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Coming To Terms With Community: 1. Introduction: designing for
virtual communities in the service of learning Sasha Barab, Rob Kling and
James Gray; 2. Models of community learning and online learning in
communities Margaret Riel and Linda Polin; Part II. Designing for
Web-supported Community: 3. Designing system dualities: building online
community Sasha Barab, James MaKinster and Rebecca Scheckler; 4.
Characterizing collective behavior online: the social organization of
hangouts, clubs, associations, teams and communities Rob Kling and
Christina Courtright; 5. Online teacher communities: technology snake-oil
or powerful catalysts for professional development? Mark Schlager and Judi
Fucso; 6. Community of practice a metaphor for online design? Thomas
Schwen; Part III. Characterizing Community/Member Participation: 7.
Autonomy, interaction and knowledge-building as bases for learning at the
math forum Ann Renninger; 8. An exploration of community in a knowledge
forum classroom: an activity system analysis Jim Hewitt; 9. Co-evolution of
technological design and pedagogy in an online learning community Amy
Bruckman; 10. From ambitious vision to partially satisfying reality: an
evolving socio-technical design supporting community and collaborative
learning in teaching education Sharon Derry, Julia Lee, Jong-Baeg Kim and
Jennifer Seymour; Part IV. Researching Online Community: 11. Using social
network analysis to study online learning communities Emmanuel Koku and
Barry Wellman; 12. Computer-mediated discourse analysis: an approach to
researching online communities Susan Herring; 13. Shared 'we' and shared
'they' indicators of group identity in online teacher professional
development Kirk Sluder and Sasha Barab; 14. Sociocultural analysis of
online professional development: a case study of personal, interpersonal,
and community aspects James Gray and Deborah Tatar.