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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
We discuss the development of an instructional design model, WisCom (Wisdom Communities), based on socio-constructivist and socio-cultural learning philosophies and distance education principles for the development of online wisdom communities, and the application and evaluation of the model in an online graduate course in the U.S. The WisCom model aims to facilitate transformational learning by fostering the development of a wisdom community, knowledge innovation and mentoring and learner support in an online learning environment, based on a “Cycle of Inquiry” module design, and a “Spiral of Inquiry” program design. Extending beyond current instructional design practice, WisCom provides both a new model for teaching that builds upon the inherent capacity of networked communication to support the growth and intellectual development of communities of practice and a new model of learning where learners engage in the process of scholarly inquiry that supports individual and collective learning. Evaluation and research data support the WisCom model’s ability to design a learning community engaged in the collaborative construction of knowledge.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Title
Distance Education
Volume
27
Issue
2
First Page
217
Last Page
232
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01587910600789613
Keywords
Instructional design, online education, wisdom communities, Wiscom, transformational learning
Recommended Citation
Gunawardena, C. N., Ortegano-Layne, L., Carabajal, K., Frechette, C., Lindemann, K., Jennings, B. (2006). New model, new strategies: Instructional design for building online wisdom communities. Distance Education, 27(2), 217–232
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Comments
Preprint version.