ONLINE COLLABORATION: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE

Authors

  • Karen Swan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v10i1.1766

Keywords:

Online Learning, Collaboration, Principles, Sense of Learning Community

Abstract

This special issue grew out of a workshop sponsored by the Sloan Consortium held in Victoria, British Columbia at Royal Roads University. Researchers and leaders in the field of online learning were invited to the workshop and organized into five teams to address five challenges.

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Published

2019-03-19

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Empirical Studies

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