Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Publication Title
Programmatic Perspectives
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
31-54
Abstract
Distance learning graduate programs in technical communication can work at building community at the programmatic level as well as the course level. This work might be best done by leveraging the position of the faculty member tasked with administering the program, often called the Graduate Program Director. Through the scholarship on community of practice, this article makes a case for the GPD to take on this role and recommends as a starting point the PARS – personal, accessible, responsive, and strategic – framework developed by Borgman and McArdle (2019) for community building in distance learning courses.
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Original Publication Citation
Romberger, J. (2024). Community building at the programmatic level: Arguing for the implementation of the PARS model in a distance learning graduate program. Programmatic Perspectives, 15(2), 31-54. https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/100
Repository Citation
Romberger, Julia, "Community Building at the Programmatic Level: Arguing for the Implementation of the PARS Model in a Distance Learning Graduate Program" (2024). English Faculty Publications. 218.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_fac_pubs/218
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