The failure of a Virtual Social Space (VSS) designed to create a learning community: lessons learned
McPherson, M.A.; Nunes, J.M.B. · White Rose Research Online
The disappearance of physical social spaces from today's society is seen by some to be a modern phenomenon, resulting in isolation and lack of socialisation. In fact, this is always the case in distance education, due to geographical dispersion and disparate time schedules of learners. Very often, peer-to-peer socialisation in distance education only occurs …