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Learners and Faculty Creative Partnerships through Building a Virtual Community: Their Experiences toward Sharing Knowledge Online

Full Paper ID: 11780
  1. Gulsun Kurubacak
    Anadolu University

Abstract: The use and integration of information technologies in the distance education milieus of Colleges have been enormously growing for nearly two decades. This paradigm shift forces enhancing the learners-faculty partnerships to collaborate with each other and to create a virtual community. The main purpose of this study is to define and analyze the experiences of learners and faculty toward sharing knowledge online to create a virtual community in Colleges. In this study, also, it will be investigated their positive and negative experiences in virtual educational settings. Before entering the study, the researcher tends to analyze the research data inductively rather than to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Therefore, the main focuses in this study are: 1) to investigate and understand the insider’s views toward sharing knowledge in different courses, and 2) to expound on this study participants’ perspectives and interpretations rather than researcher imposed categories.

Presider: David Piper, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Employment and Labor Relations

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