Turning Learning Environments into Learning Communities: Expanding the Notion of Interaction in Multimedia

Richard A. Schwier

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 282–286

Emerging approaches to developing rich learning environments combine multimedia, computer mediated communication, and a host of interactive strategies to connect people in varied and robust ways. But traditional understandings of learning...

Topics: Interaction, Information Communication Technologies, Communication, Virtual Environments

Pursuing the Elusive Metaphor of Community in Virtual Learning Environments

Richard A. Schwier

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3072–3082

Social networking software sites are often mistakenly called learning communities, betraying a significant lack of agreement or concern for what actually constitutes a community. However, social networking sites are being used by teachers to engage...

Connections and Contexts: The Birth, Growth and Death of Online Learning Communities

Richard A. Schwier

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1–10

Much of what we understand about the notion of online learning communities and how they develop, grow, and die away is based on examinations of formal online learning environments— primarily post-secondary courses managed by institutions of higher...

Challenges in the Design of a Hypertext Book in HTML: Lessons Learned

Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier; Elizabeth Boling

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1219–1220

This document is a very brief summary of a larger paper and presentation. It is not possible to discuss the issues presented two pages, so we will restrict ourselves to providing an annotated outline of the topics here, and invite you to download...

Topics: Instructional Design, Multimedia, Developmental Stages

Discourse on Designing an Illustrated Hypermedia Book

Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier; Elizabeth Boling

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) pp. 223–251

Large-scale hypertext implementations designed to provide information are common enough (especially as websites); however, large-scale instructional equivalents are, at this juncture, rarer. This article discusses: l the design and development of a...

Topics: Instructional Design, Developmental Stages

Synthesis of the Process of Learning through Discourse in a Formal Virtual Learning Community

Ben K. Daniel; Richard A. Schwier; Heather M. Ross

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 18, No. 4 (October 2007) pp. 461–477

This article reports on the analysis of online discussions among graduate students studying the theoretical and philosophical foundations of educational technology, with the aim of understanding the process of learning through discourse in these...

Topics: Research Methods, Virtual Environments, Information Communication Technologies, Collaboration, Communication, Computers, Community

Visual Design for Instructional Multimedia

Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier; Elizabeth Boling

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) p. 1621

This poster session provides a public demonstration of the HTML-based CD-ROM "Visual Design for Instructional Multimedia." The work takes the position that creating instructional materials in multimedia requires different strategies and tactics in...

Topics: Instructional Design, Multimedia, Instructional Materials