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A Knowledge Building Community (''KBC'') is a community in which the primary goal is knowledge creation rather than the construction of specific products or the completion of tasks. This notion is fundamental in Knowledge building theory. If knowledge is not realized for a community then we do not have knowledge building. Examples of KBCs are * Classrooms * Academic research teams * Modern management companies * Modern business R&D groups * Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation together with its millions of Wikipedians) ==Theoretical Background== Knowledge Building is a theory developed by Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia that deals with the construction of knowledge. To build knowledge, learners should collaborate with one another and establish common goals, hold group discussions, and synthesize ideas in such a way that their knowledge of a topic advances from their current understanding. Knowledge building is outwardly focused on generating contributions that learners can give back to the community. Thus, the product of knowledge building should be an “artifact”—such as a publication, an illustrated model, or a theory—which other learners can then use to advance their own understanding of that subject. Among the most widely cited models characterizing the processes of collaborative knowledge building are those of Garrison, Anderson & Archer (2001) ;〔Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2001). Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education. American Journal of Distance Education, 15(1).〕 Gunawardena, Lowe, & Anderson (1997);〔Gunawardena, L., Lowe, C., & Anderson, T. (1997). Interaction analysis of a global on-line debate and the development of a constructivist interaction analysis model for computer conferencing. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 17(4), 395–429.〕 Harasim (2002);〔Harasim, L. (2002). What makes online learning communities successful? The role of collaborative learning in social and intellectual development. In C. Vrasidas & G. Glass (Eds.), Distance education and distributed learning (pp. 181–200). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.〕 and Xin (2002).〔Xin, M. C. (2002). Validity centred design for the domain of engaged collaborative discourse in computer conferencing. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Brigham Young University, UTA, USA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knowledge building communities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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