Online learning communities could be seen as tools or resources that enable people to perform actions together online. One could conceptualise the multiplicity of resources both within and outwith the online community as the set of circumstances that support learning. These circumstances might more commonly be referred to as the learning (or the learner’s) context. But what do we understand abo...

While online communities of various nature proliferate in cyberspace, our understanding of the reasons underlying their success or failure is still at the initial stage. The present study contributes to this area through examining an abortive attempt to build an online learning community of part-time postgraduate students. The objective is to identify design considerations and strategies for ex...

Online learning communities are being touted as meeting the needs of distance learners and providing flexibility for on-campus students. Currently expectations are not being realized partly owing to a lack of experience and understanding of how such communities evolve, and the constraints and problems experienced by the learners. In this paper some strategies are identified that will inform des...

A common model for offshore teaching involves intensive delivery by Australian academic with local staff supporting the subject. Technology has become a commonplace means of delivering subject material, including material supporting subjects being taught in an intensive manner offshore. This paper reports preliminary results of a trial conducted delivering University of Wollongong course conten...

Online learning communities are an important means of sharing and creating knowledge. Online behaviors and online roles can reveal how online learning communities function. However, no study has elucidated the relationships among online behaviors, online roles, and online learning communities. In this study, 32 preservice teachers participated in an 18-week instruction program. Analyses of onli...

As has been apparent for the past several years, online education emerged as a powerful contender next new technology. Although previous technological breakthroughs that have failed to live up their initial promise, this time is different. Several courses run in recent taught many thousands of students various topics. The human experience about change; we should understand issues behind phenome...