%A Harvinder Kaur 
%A Kuldip Kaur 
%T Collaborative online learning: Issues in online facilitation
%X Collaborative online learning has the potential to enhance learners? ability to learn and to
construct knowledge in ways that they cannot do on their own. However, this cannot happen
without the support of quality online facilitation by tutors and peers. This paper explores issues
related to effective online facilitation within a distance learning environment at Open University
Malaysia (OUM). The data cited here were taken from discussion groups for an OUM course
called Learning Skills for Open and Distance Learners. Some of the issues discussed here are the
nature of tutor intervention, the presence or absence of peer facilitation and the online task. The
paper also provides recommendations that may guide the design of tasks for online discussion,
and as strategies that may be employed in promoting collaborative online learning. (Author's abstract)
%C New Delhi, India
%D 2005
%K Distance learning ; Distance education students 
%L library_repository52