A framework for developing and implementing an online learning community

Describes the development of a framework for understanding and developing an online learning community (OLC) for adult tertiary learners in a NZ tertiary institution which depicts learning as a mediated, situated, distributed, goal-directed, and participatory activity within a socially and culturally determined learning community. Provides evidence for the value of the framework via findings of a case study of a semester-long fully online asynchronous graduate course. Discusses implications for the design and facilitation of learning in such contexts. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.