Friday, October 21
11:35-11:55 AM
HST
Waialua

Online learning community development expectations: A science story

Brief Paper ID: 34888
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    Thanh Truc Nguyen
    CRDG, College of Education, University of Hawaii
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    Francisco Jumawan
    University of Hawaii

Abstract: This paper describes the development challenges of an online learning community for teaching science as inquiry. Fourteen teachers part of the a cohort of teachers patterns of participation were examined via activity logs. Though teachers were diligent in the work assigned to them and participated regularly in the assigned activities, patterns of activity were not conclusive to indicate success of the designed online learning community although the best practices identified by research were employed (community building among participants, use of an online facilitator, and blending work and training). Work is still ongoing with suggestions towards analyzing member types, and tools, and considering controlled content and discussion.

Presider: Alex Parisky, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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