In Building Online Learning Communities, Palloff and Pratt discuss a number of aspects of the online classroom, focusing mainly on the importance of forming and including a community in the course. After explaining the usefulness of communities in a learning environment, the authors reveal the best ways to create a sense of community in an online course. They also go over how to maintain the community and how to utilize the community throughout the course. The book incorporates many examples from the authors’ experiences in successful online classes. It also explains how to create an online course from scratch, with a focus on building a community among the participants. You can check out this book from the Jefferson College Library. Please comment by clicking the comment button below.
