scholarly journals The Social Dimension of Asynchronous Learning Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Wegerif
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Networks ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Individual Success

This paper argues that the social dimension is important to effectiveness of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs) and needs to be taken into account in the design of courses. Evidence from an ethnographic study of the Teaching and Learning Online (TLO) course offered by the Institute of Education Technology at the Open University is presented in support of this argument. This study found that individual success or failure on the course depended upon the extent to which students were able to cross a threshold from feeling like outsiders to feeling like insiders. Factors affecting the construction of a sense of community are drawn out from interviews with students. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to a situated model of learning as induction into a community of practice. Finally recommendations are made for the support of community building in the design of courses.

scholarly journals ANYTIME, ANYPLACE AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: TEN EMERGING INSIGHTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark David Milliron ◽  
Mary Prentice
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Tools

In today’s higher education world, asynchronous learning is the power tool. Moreover, the associated techniques for using asynchronous learning to support in-class and online instruction are bringing learning to life in new and exciting ways. This edition of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks examines the role of these anytime, anyplace tools with a special focus on the characteristics of the community college movement—particularly the access, affordability, and outreach elements. Readers are treated to explorations of demographic trends, technological tools, and change-management strategies from well known researchers and practitioners. The conversation often ranges beyond community college, and that is with purpose. Community colleges are part of the broader family of education as well as a piece of the social and political fabric of the communities that they serve and thus deserve to be explored in this more complete context.

scholarly journals Paradigms for On-Line Learning: A Case Study in the Design and Implementation of an Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Bourne ◽  
Eric McMaster ◽  
Jennifer Rieger ◽  
Olin Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Networks ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
On Line ◽  
On Line Learning

This paper examines paradigms used in on-line learning, with a specific emphasis on how to effectively employ asynchronous learning networks for delivery of on-line courses. Recent progress in ALNs is presented, methodologies for getting started in creating an ALN course given, and relationships between traditional teaching and learning methods and ALN-based coursesdiscussed. To illustrate a specific ALN model, the paper presents a case study about the creation of an on-line course. The prospects for on-line education and the challenges that face the ALN field are considered.

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