Reflections on online learning designs and cross-institutional research collaborations : revisiting “classrooms without walls” in two Australian universities

The article on which this paper reflects presented elements of a research project investigating learningi nteractions in online courses at two Australian universities. This paper revisits that earlier account of researching “classrooms without walls” by distilling and updating the authors’ propositions and by examining these propositions’ potential wider applicability. The twin foci of this examination relate to effective online learning designs and innovative cross-institutional research collaborations.