Turning Internet Chat Rooms into Virtual Learning Communities

Minjuan Wang; Laura Bock

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1985–1987

Although previous research suggested that some form of social learning may take place within online chat rooms, there is a lack of study on unstructured online mentoring and the forming of learning communities in chat rooms frequented by college...

Topics: Educational Technology, Social Studies, Mentoring, Students

The Use of Blogs in Teaching, Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement

Minjuan Wang; Rhea Fix; Laura Bock

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 3192–3199

The number of web logs ('blogs'), or online personal journals, is on the rise. While this trend may reflect a human propensity for self-indulgent introspection, it may also be propelled by the many advantages of blogs. In addition to providing a...