Community Values

03/24/20 • 22 min

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Dan and Kieran discuss the contribution of online learning communities to better learning outcomes, their benefits and challenges, as well as creative ways to connect and manage virtual groups.

Dan and Kieran discuss the contribution of online learning communities to better learning outcomes, their benefits and challenges, as well as creative ways to connect and manage virtual groups.

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Last week, Kieran and Dan talked about the value of virtual learning communities to help students and faculty feel engaged and supported. Now we're shifting from theory to practice, sharing some of the things we’ve tried and continue to use in class to help foster learning communities. Listeners, help us make this a conversation by sharing your hits and your misses, asking for suggestions, and brainstorming solutions to challenges others face on our Wired Ivy LinkedIn Group, or by tweeting us @wiredivy.

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KIERAN 00:44
In season one, Wired Ivy will lean into online communities, their contribution to better learning outcomes, their benefits and challenges as well as creative ways to connect and manage virtual groups. Creating an online community requires deliberate effort even though instructors can require students to participate. We're also curious to find out if the techniques we've used in class will work to connect our fellow educators because this is not a requirement fo