Volume 8
Volume 8, Number 22 |
June 7, 2010 |
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Jake Zhu
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Abstract: This study examined what learning is and how learning was facilitated in a virtual classroom community using online discussion forums. Results demonstrated that learning in such a community was the active participation by the members of the community in the process of meaning construction. The construction of meaning in such a community was supported and sustained through members’ experience-sharing, peer-mediation and information-seeking. Knowledge was made available by members, who linked the community learning with their social surroundings, such as work places, families and the society. Thus learning in a virtual classroom community facilitates an environment in which learners could not only learn, but also learn to learn.
Keywords: virtual classroom community, learning technology, online discussion, learning
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Recommended Citation: Zhu (2010). Business Students' Learning with Online Discussion Forums: The Case of a Virtual Classroom Community. Information Systems Education Journal, 8 (22). http://isedj.org/8/22/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2008: §3323. ISSN: 1542-7382.)