Online communities of practice research: A review of course FET8601 at the University of Southern Queensland

In spite of the exponential growth in the number of online education programs, there seems to be few effective theories that could offer a cogent basis to orient the practice of, or judge the quality of those products. However, the theories about the communities of practice provide an encompassing s...

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Published in:	2011 International Conference on Computer Science and Service System (CSSS) pp. 3369 - 3371
Main Author:	Yongjian Fan
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	Chinese English
Published:	IEEE 01-06-2011
Subjects:	Communities communities of practice Computer mediated communication Education Knowledge management online communities of practice online education Speech Technological innovation
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Summary:	In spite of the exponential growth in the number of online education programs, there seems to be few effective theories that could offer a cogent basis to orient the practice of, or judge the quality of those products. However, the theories about the communities of practice provide an encompassing solution to the problem, because it can help us understand how individuals can achieve their optimal functioning level through guided social participation. And the FET8601 Course at the University of Southern Queensland is just the very example of online communities of practice.
ISBN:	9781424497621 1424497620
DOI:	10.1109/CSSS.2011.5972037