Formation of a Virtual Professional Learning Community in a Combined Local and Distance Doctoral Cohort

Autor/inn/en	Ford, Lance; Branch, Gracie; Moore, George
Titel	Formation of a Virtual Professional Learning Community in a Combined Local and Distance Doctoral Cohort
Quelle	In: AACE Journal, 16 (2008) 2, S.161-185 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-3696
Schlagwörter	Phenomenology; Doctoral Programs; Virtual Classrooms; Discourse Communities; Technology Education; Technology Integration; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Distance Education; Cohort Analysis; Professional Education; Interviews; Participant Satisfaction; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Doktorandenprogramm; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computerkonferenz; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Kohortenanalyse; Berufsausbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	A phenomenological study was conducted with a group of doctoral students preparing to be technology leaders. Students and faculty participated in weekend-intensive course work in which the faculty and some students attended classes on campus, and another group of students attended classes through distance technologies. Using some of these very same technologies, students and faculty members were interviewed in either distance or face-to-face sessions. Students and faculty indicated that because of the various technologies they were able to communicate, to build relationships, and to feel a sense of community. However, those at a distance also indicated they missed out on the informal conversations held among students who attended classes on campus. The various technologies helped form the beginnings of a virtual professional learning community. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10