Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is
frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal …

This research review examines recent developments in computer-mediated communication
(CMC) research for educational applications. The review draws on 170 recent research …

Recent literature on online learning gives credence to the difficulty inherent in
understanding the sense of online community. Quantitative studies especially have …

In a multi-year study of a group of learners engaged in online graduate study, I explored the
development of learners' sense of community using a variety of data-gathering instruments …

Realizing the potential of online or virtual communities to facilitate teacher professional
development requires educators to change their current perceptions of professional …

A community is not an entity or a product. Rather, it is a process, which is fluid in nature. A
community evolves through nurturing conditions. It “requires a highly interactive, loosely …

Many researchers have found that the main reason teachers participate in peer-to-peer
professional development networks (PDNs) is to seek and share professional knowledge …

The development of computer-mediated communication enables teaching and learning to
take place across geographical boundaries. An online synchronous learning environment …

We presume that models and theory in instructional design inform professional practice, but
theory has not been consistently built from the professional experiences of instructional …

Faculty in post-secondary institutions must continually reassess, refine, and revise their
teaching, yet it is a challenge for them to gain this professional development with heavy …