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Designing Blended Learning Communities

Designing Blended Learning Communities

Liping Deng, Allan H.K. Yuen
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781605663807|ISBN10: 1605663808|EISBN13: 9781605663814
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch014
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Deng, Liping, and Allan H.K. Yuen. "Designing Blended Learning Communities." Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications, edited by Fu Lee Wang, et al., IGI Global, 2010, pp. 228-243. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch014

APA

Deng, L. & Yuen, A. H. (2010). Designing Blended Learning Communities. In F. Wang, J. Fong, & R. Kwan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications (pp. 228-243). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch014

Chicago

Deng, Liping, and Allan H.K. Yuen. "Designing Blended Learning Communities." In Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications, edited by Fu Lee Wang, Joseph Fong, and Reggie Kwan, 228-243. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter seeks to highlight the unique characteristics of blended learning communities and the special design consideration they call for. The blended nature of a community is reflected through the interplay of the online and offline dimensions of a community and the mix of various media in support of community-wide interaction. The authors introduce the notion of blended learning community based on related literature on learning community and blended learning and put forward design guidelines for building such communities. Further, a pilot study was conducted to test out the proposed design principles in the context of pre-service teacher education with blogs as the main vehicle for online communication. The authors’ work can contribute to a deepened understanding of learning communities situated in the blended media environment and provide a set of design principles for their development.

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