Blending Collaborative Online Learning with Workplace and Community Contexts

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Author(s): Peter J. Smith (Deakin University, Australia), Elizabeth Stacey (Deakin University, Australia)and Tak Shing Ha (University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 19
Source title: Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT-Facilitated Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elizabeth Stacey (Deakin University, Australia)and Philippa Gerbic (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-296-1.ch007

Keywords: Blended & Mobile Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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The majority of research and literature in collaborative learning online has been focussed on groups of students organised into units of study by an educational institution. There are, however, large numbers of adult students for whom participation in institutionally controlled online collaborative learning occurs side by side with participation in situated learning contexts such as their work or their community. This chapter draws on research conducted by the authors with adult learners who participate in communities of practice and communities of learning in their own work or life contexts, and provides insights into how these outside-institution learning environments can be used in a more deliberate blending to enhance student learning experience.

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