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Going Full CircleApproaches to Investigating the Characteristics of

Community in Blended Formal LearningEnvironments

Based on:

Schwier, R.A., & Daniel, B.K. (submitted yesterday). Did we become a

community? Multiple methods for identifying community and its constituent

elements in formal online learning environments. In N. Lambropoulos, & P.

Zaphiris (Eds.) (2006).User- evaluation and online communities.

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The Big Concerns

Focus of research

Atomized view of communities

Validation of models Using research to inform community

design

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Community

Constituents

Comparison

Modeling

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Sense of Community

Chavis Sense of Community Index

Rovai & Jordans ClassroomCommunity Scale

Connectedness

Learning

Pre-post design (t-Test, p

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Interaction Analysis

Fahy, Crawford & Ally (TAT)

Included only peripheral interactions

Density the ratio of the actual number of connections observed,

to the total potential number of possible connections

2a/N(N-1) = 2(122)/13(12) = .78

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Reciprocity ratio

the parity of communication among participants

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Reciprocity

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Characteristics of Community

Transcript analysis

Interviews

Focus groups

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Characteristics

Awareness

Social protocols

Historicity

Identity

Mutuality

Plurality

Autonomy

Participation

Trust

Future orientation

Technology

Learning

Reflection

Intensity

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Comparison of characteristics

Thurstone analysis

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Thurstone Scale

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Modeling

Bayesian Belief Network