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Title:
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COMMUNITY SPACE IN COMPLEX LEARNING COMMUNITIES: LESSONS LEARNT |
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Author(s):
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Diane M. Mcdonald , George R.s. Weir |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-16-X |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Maggie McPherson and Frank Bannister |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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Collaborative Learning, Community Spaces, Hybrid Place |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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27 |
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Last Page:
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34 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Highly complex learning communities where diverse participants collaborate to achieve multiple aims through synergy
have the potential to be highly creative and productive. However the diversity and multiple aims can also mean the
advantages of a community - share understand, trust and direction - are difficult to achieve, resulting in few if any of the
aims being realised. We review two case studies, where the learning community is trying to achieve multiple aims, in
order to explore how virtual and physical space are employed to support collaborative learning and enhance synergistic
potential. The analysis shows that high levels of diversity have influenced these spaces and trends towards differentiation
and holistically designed hybrid, virtual and physical, collaboration space. The characteristics of theses cases are sufficiently general to lead us to draw insights for the building of collaborative space in multi-purpose complex learning
communities. These are equably applicable to learning communities which share features such as heterogeneity, multiple locations or a mixture of spaces. |
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