The
key elements of online communities are (and I know these are open to debate):
Asynchronous
interactions –
learning conversations take place over a period of time and anytime (they are
not time dependent).
They
are not location based – wherever you have access to a
device connected to a network you can access the community –
e.g. using my Smartphone on the 6.05 am train into Glasgow.
They
are –
and I know this has been contended – non-hierarchical –
online interaction has none of the social clues that are a key element of and
influence interaction in the physical, face-to-face world.
Social
collaboration is the focus for learning – its learning through conversation.
And
very often the learning outcomes can be unintentional as learning is
co-constructed by participants.
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