Integration of Community-Building Strategies and Techniques in an Online Learning Course during Design and Development(Session 3: Practical Issues in Networking,Networks without Borders : Towards Cross-Cultural Learning Communities)

The web has received widespread acceptance and use for creating and supporting learning activities across disciplines within higher education. However, effectiveness and satisfaction of learners with the online course for purposes of learning has not shown clearly. Creating an online community for supporting learners is one strategy that has been recommended for increasing retention and satisfaction of learners. A lot of recently research on online learning gives credence to the online learning community that could motivate and engaged online learners through social interaction lead to more satisfaction and retention. However, while an online learning community is necessary, the formation of such community is not easy and may be problematic. Identifying successful strategies and techniques for enabling online learning community to be developed is a critical step toward making the goal of online learning a reality. The purpose of this article is to show the theories and results from author\u27s studies about integrating of o\u27nline community-building strategies and techniques in an online learning course in computer literacy in faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and purpose a guideline strategies and techniques for integrating online learning community in an online learning course