Q&A communities involve members asking questions to the rest of the site and having others respond to the best of their knowledge to help the person find an answer to their question. This involves knowledge-seeking on both the questioner side and the answerer side.

Online Q&A Communities

Regularly updated website or webpage that is contributed to by a group or community. 

Blogs

- Q&A Communities
- Blogs
- Course management
- Social networking
- Social learning
- Online universities
- Skills and language exchange platforms

San Jose State University

New York University

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Online learning communities are peer-to-peer learning environments conducted through the internet. 

Online learning communities

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Types of online learning communities

- Cohesiveness within the community
- Personal commitment to the community
- Constant Communication within the community
- Capacity for growth (i.e. enough members for expansion of the community)
- Well-qualified leaders (ex: instructors, admin, etc.)
-  Collaboration within the community

Maintaining online learning communities

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Online learning community references

- Synchronous
- Asynchronous
- Collaborative

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