Justification

A justification for considering the proposed e-Learning community as a collective learning opportunity.


 * Strategic alignment and the impact of learning objective

The Explorers is an e-Learning community that shall represent a ‘culture of learning’ (McConnell, 2006). Scaffolding that will enhance individual learning experiences through interaction, contribution, and sharing of knowledge and understanding that shall empower the community and its members.


 * Why the community is needed

The rationale behind the creation of the-Explorers is to provide an individual learner the alternative and opportunity to belong to a group whose members share the same goal and interests. It is avenue that will cater the needs of the self-directed learners willing to explore beyond his/her boundaries.


 * What will be done, how, and when

The-Explorers provides different features that will enhance the learner’s ability in communication, interaction, distribution, contribution and sharing of ideas easily and conveniently through unlimited access in the internet. Membership is voluntary regardless of race, sex, age, and status where each and every member is treated equal. It is a convergence of different kinds of learners whose aim is to wave and construct various ideas, beliefs and understanding to be regarded later on as the group’s collection of set of knowledge and values. Membership is open to self-directed and highly motivated individuals who are willing to explore the known and the unknown of the e-Learning world as a group.

Therefore, our proposed e-Learning community should be considered a collective learning opportunity as: ☞ it provides scaffold for experiential learning of the individual and group of learners ☞ it provides member’s access to important events and recent updates within and outside the community ☞ it enables the members to discuss their opinions, concerns, problems that will arise during and within their membership in the community ☞ it engages the individual learner into communications among its group through asynchronous and synchronous communication with the use of electronic mails, chat, and instant messaging ☞ it provides storage of important information, links and addresses related to the group’s field of interests ☞ it encourages the individual member to demonstrate their acquired knowledge and understanding through blog postings and in return shall receive feedback among the group ☞ it encourages the members to be creative and artistic through the utilisation of multimedia ☞ it secures and protects the member’s learning activities as worthwhile as constituted in the policies and guidelines of the community ☞ it encourages the individual learners/members to explore other alternatives and boundaries to augment their learning


 * The benefits and costs

The individual learners and group members as shareholders of the community will benefit the learning outcomes and rich learning experiences constructed during their engagement with the community. Extra care in the management of the site will be maximised in order to minimise risks and protect each individual members. Membership is free and in the convenience of their free time and within the comforts of their own space.