How Professional Learning Communities Impact Online Journalism and Mass Communications Course Delivery: A Multiple-Case Study

• In Event: 63.084 - MTCC Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: 63.084-15 - Learning Different Disciplines Online

Abstract

A qualitative multiple case study was conducted with four journalism and mass communication schools at higher education institutions in the United States that offer at least one degree program in a fully online format. The results of this study found five common contexts in which journalism and mass communications (JMC) instructors and instructional designers (IDs) unite as a professional learning community (PLC) to deliver courses in a fully online program. The contexts are Professional Development, Course Development, Just-In-Time Support, Pedagogical and Technological Expertise, and Results-Oriented Evaluation.

Authors

• Brian Delaney, Drexel University

• Kristen Betts, Drexel University