Search for dissertations about: "Online learning communities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Online learning communities.
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1. Online Communities and Learning for Health : The Use of Online Health Communities and Online Expertise for People with Established Bad Habits
Abstract : Patients as well as citizens are getting more and more empowered due to the use of the Internet. The last years have brought a new trend to the Internet, the virtual or online health communities, used by many people and for various purposes. READ MORE
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2. Making sense of sensing: Learning through Maker-based Civic Engagement
Abstract : In the last decade or two, initiatives engaging the public in scientific activities have become increasingly popular. For example, in air pollution monitoring with Do-it-Yourself (DIY) low-cost sensors. READ MORE
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3. Communities of Distance Education
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4. A professional community goes online - a study of an online learning community in general medicine
Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how an e-mailing list, organised and managed by a Swedish professional association of general medicine, functions as an online learning community (OLC). In a contemporary networked society, people participate online in order to share knowledge and experiences about shared interests. READ MORE
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5. Languaging in virtual learning sites : studies of online encounters in the language-focused classroom
Abstract : This thesis focuses upon a series of empirical studies which examine communication and learning in online glocal communities within higher education in Sweden. A recurring theme in the theoretical framework deals with issues of languaging in virtual multimodal environments as well as the making of identity and negotiation of meaning in these settings; analyzing the activity, what people do, in contraposition to the study of how people talk about their activity. READ MORE