Online Learning Community
MERLOT
- What is the goal or purpose of the community?
“Putting educational interventions into practice.”
- What types of interactions are available to the community?
Majority are asynchronous, members can add suggestions/comments to wiki’s or blogs.
- Do the interactions support the goals/purpose?
Yes – since the point is to provide examples of educational tools that are discipline specific that should be put into practice – synchronous activities are not needed.
- What is the best quality of the community in terms of interaction?
It is discipline specific – many of the others focused on teaching in no specific area.
- If you were a member, what changes would you like to see made in the community interactions to make it more suitable for you as a learner?
I think it works fine the way it is. It might be nice to be able to schedule a chat about a specific topic if you had questions – or engage in a chat with those who have posted the educational interventions. One way to do that would be to have the intervention developers post times they would be available for chats.
