TY - JOUR AU1 - Parahakaran, Suma AU2 - AB - PAPER DESIGNING AND EVALUATING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN LEARNING COMMUNITIES: INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND… Designing and Evaluating Collaborative Projects in Learning Communities: Innovative Practices and Strategies http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v9i1.5385 Suma Parahakaran PhD Sathya Sai Academy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract—This paper highlights a working model that can The results of the review will establish new grounds with help build a framework for enhancing collective capacity new insights for Government and Policy makers to building through creating a “win- win” situation between strengthen economy and upgrade education systems. Ethical sectors such as corporates, universities, policy makers and and Context based Learning communities will become the crest jewel of any nation. the public sector. The model emphasizes higher impact educational practices as a desired and achievable learning outcome. Index Terms—Corporate Social Responsibility Learning Communities, Policymaking, Tertiary Education. The paper provides a short overview of existing challenges and shortcomings of today’s E-learning programs and the I. INTRODUCTION reasons why there needs to be an integrated approach for all three sectors. Although Open learning resources are availa- This section introduces the existing roles and functions ble and online learning communities are workable, there are of learning communities, changes required in policies few evidence based research studies of Policy TI - Designing and Evaluating Collaborative Projects in Learning Communities: Innovative Practices and Strategies JF - International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) DO - 10.3991/ijac.v9i1.5385 DA - 2016-04-27 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/designing-and-evaluating-collaborative-projects-in-learning-TB8hSCTUkd DP - DeepDyve ER -