Investigating Research Apprenticeship Online, Part 1

The papers in this interactive symposium explore the theoretical and social challenges and technical solutions being developed in the GRAIL research project focused on creating an online environment for in service teachers taking graduate degrees in Education mostly at a distance from their graduate institution. This project aims to develop a set of social and technical tools that support the formation of an online community to engage graduate students in activities related to educational research across course boundaries and through their degree program. Key issues for interactive discussion with the symposium audience include how studying at a distance impacts the traditional experience of graduate study, and how students negotiate individual academic development within the larger academic community mediated in an online environment.