Analysing an Online Learning Community from Personal, Interpersonal and Community Planes of Development

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Khoo, E. & Cowie, B. (2010). Analysing an Online Learning Community from Personal, Interpersonal and Community Planes of Development. In Z. Abas et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Global Learn 2010 (pp. 4222-4231). AACE.
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Conference Information

Global Learn (Global Learn) 2010
Penang, Malaysia
May 17, 2010
ISBN 1-880094-79-7
  Zoraini Wati Abas, Insung Jung & Joseph Luca
AACE

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Elaine Khoo, Bronwen Cowie, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Abstract

Understanding how learning communities are formed and evaluating their efficacy in supporting learning have a bearing on the facilitation of successful online learning experiences. This paper elaborates on the value of adopting a multiple planes of development (Rogoff, 1995) analytical framework to investigate the development and conduct of an online learning community. The analysis is grounded in a case study of a semester long fully online asynchronous graduate course in a New Zealand tertiary institution. Evidence is advanced that while development and change along the personal, interpersonal and community planes of development can be understood as distinct, each plane influences and mediates the other two planes. Such a framework allows for a comprehensive understanding of the active processes involved in shaping a community’s individual and collective knowledge growth. It is a useful tool for responding to the complexity and 'messiness' of real life socialcultural contexts of the online classroom.

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