In this week's reading by Palloff and Pratt (2007), the authors outline the importance and benefits of online learning communities. However, they also outline the challenges members of online communities might face. I appreciated that the authors made this method of learning seem real and listed the issues we might face if we implement online communities. I also related to some of the problems as I am part of one such community.
In my research I wanted to look for a resource that similarly outlined the issues people have dealt with in online learning communities. At the website http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/e-jist/docs/Vol5_No1/chtu_frame.html, the author attempted to complete some research on online communities. Something that I found interesting was that the author explained that this is such a new topic and there isn't much research out there yet. Within the research, the author includes a diagram similar to the table Palloff and Pratt (2007) demonstrate on page 18.
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