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- Title
Using Q-Sort Methodology to test the Non-hierarchical Online Learning Community (NHOLC) Framework.
- Authors
Kermish-Allen, Ruth; Kastelein, Kate
- Abstract
The Non-Hierarchical Online Learning Community (NHOLC) conceptual framework was designed to leverage the understanding of sociocultural learning theory and community informatics to inform design principles for citizen science online learning communities that inspire online collaboration and local environmental action. The study presented here applies the NHOLC framework, using a Q-Sort methodology, to three online learning communities for citizens that were successful in fostering online collaboration and environmental actions. The findings of this paper provide tangible design principles that can be used to develop or revise online learning communities for citizen science instead of reinventing the wheel for each newly emerging project.
- Subjects
DISTANCE education; LEARNING communities; COMMUNITY informatics; INTERNET in education; SOCIOCULTURAL factors
- Publication
Journal of Community Informatics, 2018, Vol 14, Issue 2-3, p17
- ISSN
1712-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15353/joci.v14i2-3.3413