This article examines four preservice teachers in India, who came together on a web-based forum to form a private group. The act of coming together enabled them to share narratives of self and teaching in a safe place termed as a knowledge community in the literature. Narrative threads from the conversations instantiate their awakening to the…

The present study contributes to the understanding of the effectiveness of online discussion forum in student learning. A conceptual model based on "theory of online learning" and "media richness theory" was proposed and empirically tested. We extend the current understanding of media richness theory to suggest that use of…