User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Section I: UCD for Quality in Online Learning Communities......Page 17
Ch I: User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities......Page 18
Ch II: Did We Become a Community? Multiple Methods for Identifying Community and Its Constituent Elements in Formal Online Learning Environments......Page 46
Ch III: User-Centered Design Principles for Online Learning Communities: A Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Distributed Community of Practice......Page 71
Ch IV: Quality Models of Online Learning Community Systems: Exploration, Evaluation and Exploitation......Page 88
Section II: Analysis and Design of Online Learning Communities......Page 118
Ch V: Designing Online Learning Communities to Encourage Cooperation......Page 119
Ch VI: Videoconferencing Communities: Documenting Online User Interactions......Page 139
Ch VII: Online Communities of Practice as a Possible Model to Support the Development of a Portal for Science Teachers......Page 158
Ch VIII: Developing Evidence-Based Criteria for the Design and Use of Online Forums in Higher Education in Hong Kong......Page 178
Section III: Evaluation and Case Studies......Page 202
Ch IX: Evaluation: A Link in the Chain of Sustainability......Page 203
Ch X: Tools and Methods for Supporting Online Learning Communities and Their Evaluation......Page 232
Ch XI: Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Thinking and Learning in a CALL Web Site Through CMC Participation......Page 255
Ch XII: Evaluation of an Online Community: Australia's National Quality Schooling Framework......Page 282
Ch XIII: Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Web-Based Experimentation Environment......Page 303
Ch XIV: Understanding Participation in Online Courses: A Case Study of Online Interaction......Page 331
Ch XV: Exploring the Influence of Instructor Actions on Community Development in Online Settings......Page 358
Ch XVI: Promotion of Self-Assessment for Learners in Online Discussion using the Visualization Software......Page 382
About the Authors......Page 404
Index......Page 415