Online Collaborative Learning Communities: Twenty-One Designs to Building an Online Collaborative Learning Community

by Chih-Hsiung Tu

Applicable at every academic level and in any subject, the text offers practical guidelines that are based on effective, current theories, and the extensive online teaching experience of the author. The book details 21 effective designs with guidelines, strategies, examples, and tips to assist readers in designing their own Online Collaborative Learning Community regardless of grade level, or delivery system (online, face-to-face, or mixed).

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2004

Reviews

[suz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm working on how to use more collaborative activities in my own online courses and also how to teach other faculty how to use more collaboration in their online courses. This book has a number of scenarios which suggest ways to incorporate collaboration and cooperation.

I suggest reading an excerpt from it to see if it's the right book for you. There may be other books that are simpler and more effective for you. I'm not saying that it's overly complicated but the technical language may be off-putting.

I also was very interested to try reading this book online with the additional capabilities of highlighting, copying, printing, annotating and more. This was the first book that I have done that with and although I have a hard copy of it, I enjoyed seeing how such a book could be used online.