What is Learning Community

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An educational context in which students and teachers support one another and are open with one another during discussions about feelings and opinions related to various ethical issues, situations, and challenges. In a learning community students must be willing to confront or compare different opinions, responses, insights, and experiences Learn more in: Showing Business Students How to Contribute to Organizational Cultures Grounded in Moral Character

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A context for teaching and learning in which participants experience reciprocity and interdependence. Learn more in: Fostering Change, Transforming Learning: Pedagogical Approaches to Carceral Education

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A tool of collaborative learning based on the on-line interaction between students and teachers. The model, suggested by Brown and Campione in the early 1990s borrowing the paradigm of the research scientific communities, goes by participants’ knowledge sharing and use of metacognitive strategies of learning considerations. Teacher has a support function with his/her disciples, fostering the peer tutoring and the reciprocal teaching. Learn more in: Understanding RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)

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A group of individuals participating in communal activity, with a shared identity and goal, who collectively contribute to the learning of their community Learn more in: Web 2.0 Technology and Educational Leadership Communication

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A team of faculty tasked with developing, implementing, and evaluating content and assessments within an academic semester. Learn more in: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Performance-Based Assessments Within a Competency-Driven Curriculum

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A group of students learning collaboratively (Barab, 2004). Learn more in: Improving the Workforce in Kazakhstan through Distance Learning Technologies

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A group of individuals who work toward well communicated shared goals and every group member is held accountable for the outcome or anticipated outcome as they all maintain social and interpersonal relationship. Learn more in: Developing a Community of Learners From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds With Social Justice and Inclusive Critical Literacy Practices

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a group of students committed to learning collaboratively. Learn more in: Global Leadership Training and Technology

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a model of professional relationships in the school settings, based on the shared vision and agreed priorities for school effectiveness, and leading toward the co-operation with internal and external school stakeholders. Learn more in: School Principals' Communication and Co-Operation Assessment: The Croatian Experience

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The term is often applied to online courses in which the instructor attempts to encourage class participation, discussion, and a high level of learner-learner interaction. Learn more in: Social Presence in an Online Learning Environment

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Learning community is a curriculum design that coordinates two or more courses into a single program of instruction. Learn more in: Achieving Classroom Excellence in a Virtual Classroom

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A collaborative learning community refers to a learning culture in which students are involved in a collective effort of understanding with an emphasis on diversity of expertise, shared objectives, learning how and why to learn, and sharing what is learned, and thereby advancing their individual knowledge and sharing the community’s knowledge. Learn more in: Knowledge-Building through Collaborative Web-Based Learning Community or Ecology in Education

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A group of people engaged in active and collaborative learning activities. Learn more in: Designing Blended Learning Communities

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A group of people having common academic goals and attitudes, who collaborate on classwork. Learn more in: Technology-Enabled Learning Environments

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A group of people who share common interests and are actively engaged in learning from one another. Learn more in: Benefits and Challenges of Collaborative Learning in Online Teacher Education

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An assemblage of people who are focused upon the same learning objectives and are actively occupied and engaged within the same learning environment, either virtually or within a face-to-face environment. Learn more in: Classroom-in-a-Box: Rethinking Learning Community Classroom Environment Needs within Three-Dimensional Virtual Learning Environments

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Refers to a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes, who meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork. Learn more in: Blended Learning in Higher Education: A Developing Country Perspective

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It refers to a group of students who work collaboratively, share knowledge and have common learning objectives. Learn more in: Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of a Virtual Learning Environment to Support a Learner-Centred Approach: A Qualitative Study

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An informal network of subject matter experts who choose to collaborate with each other to discuss issues, interpret information, and generate knowledge and best practices. Learn more in: Technologies and Services in Support of Virtual Workplaces

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These are formal groups with common educational purpose where members are constantly learning new skills and working to discover and propagate knowledge; In particular, where both teacher and peers are perceived as key learning resources. Learn more in: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning and Assessment: A Strategy for Developing Online Learning Communities in Continuing Education

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A group of people who come together to focus upon attaining information. This group may maintain their assembled status or disburse after the outcome is achieved. Learn more in: Additional eLearning Considerations Around the Instructor's Philosophical Belief Systems: Potential Transformative Impacts

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A group of students learning collaboratively (Barab, p 3). Learn more in: The Online Adult Learner: Profiles and Practices

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A high impact practice that utilizes two or more interconnected classes to teach a themed concept across disciplines to the same cohort of students. Learn more in: Educating Otherwise: A Pre-Service Learning Community Centered on Multicultural Literature

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A group of students committed to learning collaboratively. Learn more in: The Role of Information Communication Technologies in Enriching Adult Education Theory Building

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In a virtual learning community, a group of learners comes together for a set period of time to engage in a formal structured e-learning experience. This type of online community is characterized by joint learning tasks and outcomes that motivate community efforts. Learn more in: A Case Study Exploring Quality Standards for Quality E-Learning

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It refers to a group of students who work collaboratively, share knowledge and have common learning objectives. Learn more in: Developing Computational Thinking Using Lego Education WeDo at 4th Grade of Primary Education: A Case Study

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“…dynamic whole that emerges when a group of people share common practices, are independent, make decisions jointly, identify themselves with something larger than the sum of their individual relationships, and make long-term commitments to the well being of the group” (Shaffer & Anundsen, 1993, as cited in Palloff & Pratt, 1999). Learn more in: The Emergence of Social Presence in Learning Communities

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A self-sustaining and supporting community focused on acquisition and construction of knowledge in a particular area. Shared values, aesthetics, non hierarchical relationships, and shared opportunities for communication are key elements of learning communities. Learn more in: When Virtual Communities Click: Transforming Teacher Practice, Transforming Teachers

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A group of people who share common academic or professional goals and attitudes, who meet semi-regularly to collaborate on issues of common interest. Learn more in: School-Based Professional Development of Teachers: The Role of School Heads as Leaders

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A curricular structure consists of a group of learners. It encourages learners to actively participate and to contribute to the process of learning. The instructor typically serves as a co-learner and partners in reflective practice about teaching and learning. Learn more in: Reflective E-Learning Pedagogy

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is a purposeful restructuring of the curriculum that links together courses or course work so that learners may find greater coherence in what they are learning and have access to increased intellectual interaction with faculty and peers ( Gabelnick, et al., 1990 ). Learn more in: Learning Community and Networked Learning Community

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It is a notion that received a great attention in last years by educational scholars. According to Bielaczyc and Collins (1999) the four essential characteristics to define a learning community are: (1) diversity of expertise among its members, who are valued for their contributions and are given support to develop; (2) a shared objective of continually advancing collective knowledge and skills; (3) an emphasis on learning how to learn; and 4) mechanisms for sharing what is learned (p. 272). Learn more in: The Wireless Revolution and Schools

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A group of learners that have the same learning goals and closely interact and collaborate to achieve them. The corresponding learners share common values and have a sense of belonging to the community. Learn more in: Designing an Educational Program for Teachers Based on TPACK Principles and Wikis

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A learning community is commonly referred to a group of people in an educational context who share common values and beliefs. They are actively engaged in learning together and from each other. Learn more in: Teaching Shakespeare Online in a Virtual Classroom

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An environment where there is sprit, trust, interaction, interdependence, and achievement of a set of common goals such as the learning objectives established for a course (Rovai, 2002a; Rovai, 2002b; Rovai & Jordan, 2004). Learn more in: Implementing Successful Online Learning Communities

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A group of students committed to learning collaboratively. Learn more in: Before K and Beyond 20: The Sustainable Learning Paradigm

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Intentional group of individuals that seeks insight about practice in order to improve performance. Learn more in: Practicing What We Preach: A Case Study of the Implementation of a Complex Conceptual Framework

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Is similar to a community of practice in that the learning community shares common content and pedagogical goals as well as norms for ways of interacting. For our courses, the individuals in the community meet regularly to collaborate on the coursework in both face-to-face and online contexts. Learn more in: Hybrid Courses for Preparing Elementary Mathematics Specialists: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned

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Participants are actively engaged in learning together and from each other. Even if they do not always share common values and beliefs, they still can share and discuss theirs in a safe environment and learn among themselves. Learn more in: Knowledge Acquisition in a Hybrid Graduate Teacher Training Program

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Group of people who share common educational goals and typically work in a collaborative, non-hierarchical fashion to achieve these goals. Learn more in: Case Study - "Can You See Me?": Writing toward Clarity in a Software Development Life Cycle

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A group of people who come together to learn from and with each other. Learn more in: Collaboration for Social Justice and Faculty Development Through Online Course Design

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An asynchronous online teaching method that facilitates peer-to-peer learning through online discussions. Learn more in: Optimizing Learning Through Activities and Assessments: A TPACK-Based Online Course Design

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A strategy to combat isolation, support knowledge construction, and help learners develop online identities. Learn more in: A Graduate Education First Course Model in the Virtual For-Profit University

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This term reflects the unique environment created in a PDS partnership, in which members are equally invested in supporting both professionals’ and children’s learning. Learning communities are recognized as places where collaborative work is appreciated, valued and celebrated by all partner members. Learn more in: Propelling Professional Development Schools Forward: Collaborative Relationships to Revise Teacher Education Programs and Assessment Structures

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An educational context in which students and teachers support one another and are open with one another during discussions about feelings and opinions related to various ethical issues, situations, and challenges. In a learning community students must be willing to confront or compare different opinions, responses, insights, and experiences. Learn more in: Techniques for Preparing Business Students to Contribute to Ethical Organizational Cultures

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Individuals working together to expand learning and personal growth. Learn more in: Community Service Learning: Preparing Female Students in the United Arab Emirates for the Workplace

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It refers to a group of students who work collaboratively, share knowledge and have common learning objectives. Learn more in: A Digital Ecosystem for Teaching-Learning English in Higher Education: A Qualitative Case Study

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A place where learners are made to feel that their prior knowledge, the knowledge that they are acquiring, and the skills that they are learning to acquire future knowledge are all tied together. Learn more in: Collective Intelligence in Online Education

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A group of people who share common academic interests and who often collaborate in learning. Learn more in: Common Denominators to Learner-Centered Success: Undergraduate STEM, Graduate Teacher Education, and an Educational Technology Doctoral Program

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A group of people not necessarily sharing common values, beliefs, and/or objectives, that are willing to learn together from each other. Learn more in: Enhancing Collective Memory with a Community Repository

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Comprised of individuals who collaboratively engage in critical discourse and reflection in which they construct meaning and mutual understanding ( Garrison, 2007 ). Learn more in: Best Practice to Support Online Student Engagement

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It refers to a group of students who work collaboratively, share knowledge and have common learning objectives. Learn more in: Assessing the Impact of a Digital Ecosystem to Learn English Pronunciation

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a group of diverse individuals who develop a sense of trust and connectedness through interaction and collaboration. Learn more in: The Key Elements of Online Learning Communities

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A place were student learners are made to feel that their prior knowledge, the knowledge that they are acquiring, and the skills that they are learning to acquire future knowledge are all tied together. Learn more in: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Collective Intelligence Online

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Persons within a shared physical or virtual space ( West, 2010 ). Learn more in: Online Instruction: Is the Quality the Same as Face-to-Face Instruction?