Belonging Online: Students' Perceptions of the Value and Efficacy of an Online Learning Community

Loralee LaPointe; Marcy Reisetter

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 7, No. 4 (October 2008) pp. 641–665

The proliferation of online course designs has changed the learning environments for many students and professors. Recommendations for best practice in online course design frequently include maximizing students' online peer connections, with the...

Topics: Cognition, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Adults, Virtual Environments