Virtual Learning Community versus Physical Learning Community in Networked Learning Environments

Chi-Syan Lin; Ming-Shiuo Kuo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2351–2356

The paper characterizes the differences between physical learning community and virtual learning community and claims that virtual learning community is one of the most significant ingredients in networked learning environments. Two empirical...

Topics: Virtual Environments, Physical Environments, Community

The Strategy in Building up Virtual Learning Community of Kids in Global Context

Chi-Syan Lin; Ming-Shiuo Kuo; Ya-Hui Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2582–2587

With the goal in building up a vibrant international virtual learning community, the paper introduces a program featuring ICT cyber camp learning activity. The program did not perform well previously. For improving the results, in addition to better ...