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Group Dynamics for the Online Professor
Kathleen King [HREF1], Department
of English and Philosophy, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209,
USA. kingkath@isu.edu
Keywords
Group Dynamics, Online Professor, Mailing List, Realtime Chat, Online Course,
Bion, Yalom
Abstract
Much has been written about online groups, but the writings are fragmented
into technical information or advice about teaching methods. No overall
theory of why online groups work or fail has been developed. Psychoanalysts
W. H. Bion and psychiatrist I. D. Yalom shaped contemporary thinking about
group process, and the theories of Bion and Yalom can be used to organize
and solve problems in online educational groups. My goal in this
paper is to use their theories to provide a framework for thinking about
online groups. I will create a structure for understanding group
process in the new online groups and provide a context which can contain
and place more specialized contributions.
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