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Non-formal
environments
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Research Questions
• Are characteristics identified in
formal virtual learning communities
found in a non-formal online learning
environment, and do unique
characteristics emerge?
• How does the context and structure
of the course influence self-directed
learning undertaken by participants?
Non-formal Learning
Environments
Non-formal
Formal Informal
• Engagement – confronting or
exploring ideas or resources first
presented by someone else in the
Findings
Zero frequency codes:
Time:
• professors are busy people
• other priorities come first, and ther
is little time left for online works
But Why??
Expectations:
• Participants often feel to
expected to produce
carefully composed
postings
But Why??
Perception:
• Unfamiliarity breeds contemp
• Optional = low priority
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