Developing a Sense of Community in an Online Graduate Biology Course

Autor/in	Gentry, Patrick
Titel	Developing a Sense of Community in an Online Graduate Biology Course
Quelle	In: International Journal on E-Learning, 22 (2023) 1, S.5-21 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-2456
Schlagwörter	Biology; Science Instruction; Online Courses; Sense of Community; Student Attitudes; Intervention; Best Practices; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Graduate Students; College Faculty; Technology Uses in Education; Asynchronous Communication; Course Descriptions; Learning Management Systems; Peer Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Schülerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Fakultät; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Kursstrukturplan; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to inform other science instructors and to determine what best practices in online learning are effective in developing a sense of community and support, through quality learner to learner, and learner to instructor interactions in an asynchronous, graduate biology course. An often-stated fact of e-learning is that there will be a lack of the interpersonal interaction that would normally develop and support learning in the traditional, in-person classroom. It is often taken for granted that the online student is sacrificing the development of a learning community for the opportunity to have flexibility in time, place, and institutional access. However, what if community can be implemented with purposeful use of technology and pedagogy? What tools and techniques would engage students in a sense of human connection and community? This study attempted to gain the students' perspective on these interventions and whether the students gained value from them. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01