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Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

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This volume explores the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions relevant to designing for and researching web-based communities to support the learning process. Coming from diverse academic backgrounds, the authors examine what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support educational processes. Taken as a collection, the chapters point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for a web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: March 29, 2004

ISBN: 0521520819

ISBN 13: 9780521520812

Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

4/5 ( ratings)

This volume explores the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions relevant to designing for and researching web-based communities to support the learning process. Coming from diverse academic backgrounds, the authors examine what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support educational processes. Taken as a collection, the chapters point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for a web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: March 29, 2004

ISBN: 0521520819

ISBN 13: 9780521520812

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