Share Paper: Online learning community development expectations: A science story

  1. Thanh Truc Nguyen, CRDG, College of Education, University of Hawaii, United States
  2. Francisco Jumawan, University of Hawaii, United States
Friday, October 21 11:35-11:55 AM Waialua

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, ...