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The George Fox University Virtual Campus Learning Community (VCLC) is an internet environment designed on-site by professors to serve adult distance education students in professional programs. The VCLC is a grass-roots alternative to traditionally...

Strengthening the working relationships among professional education faculty and between university personnel and cooperating teachers in the field are worthy goals. Time and distance, as well as busy workloads make ongoing interaction challenging...

With the purpose of promoting the ongoing professional development and fostering of community within its members, the International Community of Christians in Teacher Education used the Plone content management system as a framework for publishing...

As wikis emerge as a mainstream collaborative web-based environment, teacher education faculty need guidelines regarding the best practices for using this technology. This paper aims to identify best practices and factors for the use of wikis in a...

The virtual world of Second Life is an immersive environment in which the participants create the world around them and can participate in rich, multimedia activities. The potential of Second Life should be evaluated for its effectiveness as a...

This poster presentation portrays the environmental and conceptual landscapes associated with a particular place within Second Life. This space is known as the Cedar Island community. According to Harrison and Dourish (1996), a place is generally...

This paper describes the findings of a study which examined the communication of the instructor and students in an online graduate education course at a small Christian college. The Community of Inquiry (COI) framework was used to code the various...

This paper reports outcomes of our first Action Research study involving implementing Second Life [SL] in a graduate distance course on exploring community online. Participant blog entries and transcripts of ‘in-world’ class sessions were analyzed...

This paper reports outcomes of the second iteration of a longitudinal action research study on the affordances of Second Life for enriched online teaching and learning. 'Introduction to Second for Educators' was a professional development...

Faculty adoption of new technological tools related to teaching and learning is an ongoing challenge. Complex technologies such as Second Life and other multi-user virtual environments can be challenging for faculty. This presentation outlines...