Online learning community

<h2 id="categories">Categories</h2>
<p>Types of online learning communities include e-learning communities (groups interact and connect solely via technology) and blended learning communities (groups utilize face-to-face meetings as well as online meetings). Based on Riel and Polin (2004), intentional online learning communities may be categorized as knowledge-based, practice-based, and task-based. Online learning communities may focus on personal aspects, process, or technology. They may use technology and tools in many categories:
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<ul><li>synchronous (such as <a href="/facts/Instant_messaging/8lwwDyjK">instant messaging</a> or language exchange websites and mobile applications</li>
<li>asynchronous (such as <a href="/facts/Message_board/bRuqfQfN">message boards</a> and <a href="/facts/Internet_forum/bRuqfQfN">Internet forums</a>)</li>
<li>blogs</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Online_communication_between_school_and_home/dRs3HvS0">course management</a></li>
<li>collaborative (such as <a href="/facts/Wiki/uCKCEzqb">wikis</a>)</li>
<li>social networking</li>
<li>social learning</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Online_university/73oPr8FW">online university</a></li>
<li>skills and language exchange platforms</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Community_language_learning/xrdAnT0x">Community language learning</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Community_of_practice/gMgDQYX6">Community of practice</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Massive_open_online_course/z26S1kTC">Massive open online course</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Virtual_education/5lf2A2Vj">Virtual education</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/University_of_the_People/XXPv6Rf4">University of the People</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2>
<ul><li>Barab, S. & Duffy, T. (2000). "From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice". In D. Jonassen & S. Land (eds.). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217230143/http://sashabarab.com/research/onlinemanu/papers/commun.pdf"><i>Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments</i></a> (PDF). LEA. Archived from <a href="http://sashabarab.com/research/onlinemanu/papers/commun.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on 2014-12-17.</li>
<li>Bryant, S. L.; Forte, A. & Bruckman, A. (2005). <i>Becoming Wikipedian: transformation of participation in a collaborative online encyclopedia</i>. Conference on Supporting Group Work. Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work. Florida. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F1099203.1099205">10.1145/1099203.1099205</a>.</li>
<li>Hill, J.; Raven A. (October 10, 2000). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20001027221834/http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper46/paper46.htm">"ITFORUM PAPER #46 - <i>Online Learning Communities: If You Build Them, Will They Stay?</i>"</a>. ITFORUM. Archived from <a href="http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper46/paper46.htm">the original</a> on October 27, 2000. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)</li>
<li>Kaplan, S. (2002). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100823105633/http://www.astd.org/LC/2002/0802_kaplan.htm">"Building Communities – Strategies for Collaborative Learning"</a>. <i>ASTD's Source for E-Learning</i>. Archived from <a href="http://www.astd.org/LC/2002/0802_kaplan.htm">the original</a> on August 23, 2010.</li>
<li>Resta, P. & LaFerriere, T. (2007). "Technology in Support of Collaborative Learning". <i><a href="/facts/Educational_Psychology_Review/IW8HNfbx">Educational Psychology Review</a></i>. 19: 65–83. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10648-007-9042-7">10.1007/s10648-007-9042-7</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2328138">2328138</a>.</li>
<li>Riel, M. & Polin, L. (2004). "Designing for virtual communities in the service of learning". In Barab, R. Kling & J. Gray H. (eds.). <i>Online learning communities: Common ground and critical differences in designing technical environments</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 16–50.</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Wenger, Etienne (1998). Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66363-2. <a href="978-0-521-66363-2" target="_blank">978-0-521-66363-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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