Live: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Building Community in Online Courses (EP:20)

Live: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Building Community in Online Courses (EP:20) 
With  Stacy Craft M.Ed. 

Educators Central Live Studio – Sometimes fostering community can be an element  that gets overlooked or addressed as a second tier concern when designing and developing online learning.  However, community is an essential component of a fully realized virtual learning experience.  Join Stacy Craft in the recording of this special live event to learn more about the elements of community as well as strategies to mitigate isolation and build community in online courses.

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Additional Resources:

Videos

Tidbits to Stay Connected – Dr. David Joyner on Building Community in Online Courses

Community Building in Online Learning

Articles

5 key elements of social presence: Part 1 affective association. (2020, October 21). Achieve Virtual Education Academy. https://achievevirtual.org/blog/teacher-resources/5-key-elements-of-social-presence-part-1-affective-association/

6 strategies for building community in online courses. (2020, July 27). The K. Patricia Cross Academy. https://kpcrossacademy.org/building-community-in-online-courses/

CoI framework. (n.d.). CoI. https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/

Community of inquiry framework in online learning: Use of technology – Technology and the curriculum: Summer 2018. (2018, July 9). Technology and the Curriculum: Summer 2018 – Simple Book Publishing. https://techandcurriculum.pressbooks.com/chapter/coi-and-online-learning/

Delmas, P. M. (2017). Using VoiceThread to create community in online learning. TechTrends, 61(6), 595-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-017-0195-z

Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Community of inquiry instrument. PsycTESTS Dataset. https://doi.org/10.1037/t32875-000

How to forge a strong community in an online classroom. (2020, April 15). Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-forge-strong-community-online-classroom

Ideas for building an online community. (2017, July 26). Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Career Advice, Jobs. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/07/26/ideas-building-online-community

Osterman, K. F. (2000). Students’ need for belonging in the school community. Review of Educational Research, 70(3), 323-367. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543070003323

Papadopoulou, A. (2020, December 8). How to build an online learning community (In 2021). Learnworlds. https://www.learnworlds.com/build-online-learning-community/#way1

Rovai, A. P., & Lucking, R. (2003). Sense of community in a higher education television-based distance education program. Educational Technology Research and Development, 51(2), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02504523

Summers, J. J., & Svinicki, M. D. (2007). Investigating classroom community in higher education. Learning and Individual Differences, 17(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2007.01.006

Top 13 ways to create community in online classes & courses. (2020, June 12). Online Course How. https://www.onlinecoursehow.com/tips/create-community/