Woods, Robert, and Samuel Ebersole. “Becoming a ‘Communal Architect’ in the Online Classroom-Integrating Cognitive and Affective Learning for Maximum Effect in Web-Based Learning.” Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 6, no. 1 (2003). http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring61/woods61.htm.
Abstract: Successful online instructors realize that building a sense of “community” in the online classroom is necessary for successful learning outcomes (Gunawardena, 1994; Wiesenberg & Hutton, 1996; Campbell, 1997; Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; McLellan, 1999; Kazmer, 2000; Wegerif, 1998). The development of community “becomes a parallel stream to the content being explored” in online courses: [It is not] “something that ‘mucks up’ or interferes with the learning process (Palloff & Pratt, 1999, p. 30).
