The tr avel project: designing and implementing an online community of learners using design based research
Year: 2008
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper describes a research study that adopted the model of design-based research (DBR) outlined by Reeves (2006) to design and implement an online community of language learners within the context of an Italian as a second language university class. An online community of learners that included a group of second and third year students of Italian, their teacher and seven native speakers facilitators was developed and implemented according to the principles that guide community development, the use of authentic and situated activities, and according to Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory applied to second language learning. This paper describes the four phases of this study according to the model of DBR outlined by Reeves, and discusses the theoretical principles that inform the development of the online learning environment.
Author: Mariolina Pais Marden
Institution: University of Wollongong
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2096850023