Enhancing the Social Capital of Learning Communities by Using an Ad Hoc Transient Communities Service

Fetter, Sibren; Berlanga, Adriana; Sloep, Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03426-8_19

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“…When this happens, there is a big risk that when someone from the core leaves or is not available, the communication in the community becomes much less frequent. (Fetter et al, 2008)…”

Section: Community-generated Contentmentioning

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Student-Generated Content Improves Online Learning of Programming

Tvarožek

Jurkovič

2016

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

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Quality learning content for online courses is difficult and time-consuming to create, and therefore students are increasingly employed to create learning content for use by their peers. Student-generated content however may be low quality and consequently of uncertain utility. The authors present a successful approach for improving online learning of programming through student-generated content – community tests that help other students in solving programming exercises. In their approach, the tests simplify student work on solving exercises, and the learning system can automatically provide focused help to each struggling student. They evaluated the proposed solution in an existing online learning system for programming in university programming courses. Results indicate that students used the proposed features often, and when examining the impact on learning performance, the active students showed improved performance compared to inactive students. Social awareness in online setting was evaluated using a questionnaire.

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“…When this happens, there is a big risk that when someone from the core leaves or is not available, the communication in the community becomes much less frequent. (Fetter et al, 2008)…”

Section: Community-generated Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Student-Generated Content Improves Online Learning of Programming

Tvarožek

Jurkovič

2016

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

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Knowledge Sharing in the Classroom: A Social Network Approach for Diagnostic Assessment and Learning Together

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Göbel

Richter

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2011 IEEE 11th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

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Fostering social capital in a learning network: laying the groundwork for a peer-support service

Fetter

Berlanga

Sloep

2010

IJLT

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In online learning environments communities are desirable, or as is the case for a learning network, even essential. This raises the question of how to attain and sustain these communities. In this article we argue that this can be achieved by fostering the social capital of the learning network. It is argued that this can be achieved by (1) improving the relationship characteristics, (2) increasing the sense of belonging to the community, and (3) heightening the mutual support. It is hypothesized that these improvements can be achieved by using so called Ad-Hoc Transient Groups (AHTGs). These groups are a means through which learners are brought together for a specific, learning-related goal ('ad-hoc') and for only a limited amount of time ('transience'). In order to deepen the concept of AHTGs a relevant theoretical background as well as requirements for peersupport service that utilizes Ad-Hoc Transient groups is provided. This is followed by an example on how the service can be implemented in an existing learning network (eTwinning). Finally conclusions are drawn and future research discussed.

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Enhancing the Social Capital of Learning Communities by Using an Ad Hoc Transient Communities Service

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Student-Generated Content Improves Online Learning of Programming

Student-Generated Content Improves Online Learning of Programming

Knowledge Sharing in the Classroom: A Social Network Approach for Diagnostic Assessment and Learning Together

Fostering social capital in a learning network: laying the groundwork for a peer-support service

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