META-COMMUNICATION FOR REFLECTIVE ONLINE CONVERSATIONS: Models for Distance Education


Ozarslan Y.

TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, vol.13, no.1, pp.251-254, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Book Review
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.251-254
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

"Meta Communication" is the process between message designers when they are talking about the learning process, as distinguished from their articulation of the "substantive" learning, itself. Therefore, it is important to understand how to design reflective online conversations and how to implement a diverse milieu for prospective online learners so that they are able to transfer their information, knowledge, and learning from theoretical forms to real life experiences. This book discusses meta-communication for reflective online conversations to provide digital people with models for distance education. This book brings together meta-communication, distance education, and models as well as reflective online conversations at the same time.