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Title:
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A STUDY OF ADULT LEARNING IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE |
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Author(s):
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Li Zhang |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-55-7 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Ji-ping Zhang, Tomayess Issa and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Adult learning, Online communities of practice, Informal learning, Non-continuous learning, Cultivating strategies |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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277 |
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Last Page:
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280 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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There are many differences in learning style, learning content and learning process between adult learning in online communities of practice and traditional adult learning. This paper applies research methods as observation research and content analysis to analyze the features of learning style, to explore the pattern of learning content and to discourse the route of learning process about adult learning in OCoPs. This paper also provides some cultivating strategies to foster OCoPs on supporting adult learning in OCoPs. |
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