Building Community in the

nline Classroom

Ralene A. Friend, M.A.Associate Business Faculty

rfriend@miracosta.edu

What are some basic characteristics of ‘community’?What is unique in an online community?What tools and resources are available?

• Identify the similarities

• Identify the differences• Know which are transferable and

which are not

Way to enhance that same sense of community in an

online learning environment

- members have a shared purpose

- members are welcomed and acknowledged

- members are involved and participating

- members work together on specific projects

- members celebrate their accomplishments!

What can we do as online instructors to help our students connect with us – and with each other?

Resources for buildingonline community

• Blackboard• Blogs• Voicethread

• Google +• Facebook

• www.pedagogyfirst.com• www.mccpot.org

this is the end . . . .

. . . or maybe it is just the beginning . . . What do YOU think?

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