Cats in the Classroom: Online Learning in Hybrid Space

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Title:Cats in the Classroom: Online Learning in Hybrid Space (ID: CSD4200)
Author(s):Michelle Kazmer (Florida State University)
Topics:E-Learning, Learning Space Design
Source:First Monday
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2005)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Students and professors create a shared on–campus classroom environment through individual and collaborative contributions. Similar contributions go into the design of an online classroom. Online instructors build the learning environment to create a shared learning experience, and designers of course management software reinforce this consistency. Examining the online classroom as "hybrid space" — comprising physical and online space — reveals a more complex reality than a seamless learning environment. Students and instructors share a learning experience, but they also occupy local environments that influence their learning and indirectly influence the experience of everyone in the online class.
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