Online Learning

Michael Thomas teaches and researches in digital business communication and language learning Technologies and directs the MA TESOL in blended learning in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire. Until recently he was full professor specialising in digital technologies for language education at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in Japan. His research interests are in ICT in education, task-based learning, digital literacies and digital technologies, and the philosophy of technology. His recent publications have examined the use of social media on communication and learning. He is editor of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments and associate editor of the International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching. Since 2007 he has organized an international symposium series on digital technologies and education in Japan focusing on Web 2 applications and social media.

′Online learning is growing rapidly as a discipline and in terms of its influence on education and training. Many activities that seemed impossible a decade ago - such as person to person online video - are now common place. The last 5 years have produced dramatic change in how individuals interact with each other and with information. This publication provides among the best theorizing, research, and implementation on online learning. Those who are new to technology in learning will find it a wonderful starting point. Those with extensive experience in online learning will find it to be an excellent foundation to revisit′ - George Siemens, Athabasca University, Canada

• PART ONE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAININGA Research Agenda for Online Teacher Professional Development - Chris Dede, Diane Ketelhut, Pameal Whitehouse, Lisa Breit and Erin McCloskeyThe New, Modern Practice of Adult Education: Online Instruction in a Continuing Professional Education Setting - Brain DonavantUnderstanding Interpersonal Interaction in an Online Professional Development Course - Rod GithensLearning to Teach With the Web: Factors Influencing Teacher Education Faculty - Michael GrantResponding to Technological Change: IT Skills and the Academic Teaching Profession - Phillip Haynes, Ken Ip, Patrick Saintas, Stan Stanier, Helen Palmer, Nicola Thomas, Gareth Reast, Joyce Barlow and Fred MaillardetEffect of an Internet Based Professional Development Program on Teachers′ Assessment Literacy for All Students - Nan Huai, Jeffrey Braden, Jennifer White and Stephen ElliottPedagogical Implications of Online Discussion for Preservice Teacher Training - Yeonwook Im and Okhwa LeeIntegrating Technology into Field-Based Experiences: A Model That Fosters Change - Sharon Judge and Blanche O′BannonAppropriation, Mastery and Resistance to Technology in Early Childhood Preservice Teacher Education - James LaffeyAdoption of ICT by Teacher Educators: One-On-One Teaching - Kathryn Matthew, Rebecca Callaway, Catherine Letendre, Kimberly Kimbell-Lopez and Elizabeth StephensLearning to Teach With Technology: Authoring Practised Identities - Eli OttesenSupporting Change and Scholarship through Review of Online Resources in Professional Development Settings - Jason Ravitz and Christopher HoadleyCan You Hear Me Now? Evaluation of an Online Wireless Technology to Provide Real-Time Feedback to Special Education Teachers-In-Training - Marcia Rock, Madeleine Gregg, Beth Thead, Sarah Acker, Robert Gable and Naomi ZigmondTeaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research - Mary Tallent-Runnels, Julie Thomas, William Lan, Sandi Cooper, Terence Ahern, Shana Shaw and Xiaoming LiuHow Student Teachers Develop Their Understanding of Teaching Using ICT - Liz TaylorMeasuring the Learning of University Teachers Following Online Staff Development Courses: A Spanish Case Study - Luis Villar and Olga AlegrePART TWO: DIGITAL PEDAGOGIES Pedagogical Considerations for a Web-Based Tandem Language Learning Environment - Christine Appel and Tony MullenDigital Storytelling as a Signature Pedagogy for the New Humanities - Rina BenmayorBuilding on Solid Foundations: Establishing Criteria for E-Learning Development - Eddie Blass and Ann DavisGetting Up To Speed on the Information Highway: Integrating Web-Based Resources into Business Communication Pedagogy - Thomas Clark, Sherrie Human, Heidi Amshoff and Mike SiggUsing Digital Videos to Enhance Teacher Preparation - Stacy Dymond and Johnell BentzE-Learning Pedagogy in the Third Millennium: The Need for Combining Social and Cognitive Constructivist Approaches - Uschi FelixForging a Learning Community? A Pragmatic Approach to Co-Operative Learning - Richard HallCybertext Challenge: Teaching Literature In The Digital World - Raine KoskimaaGoing the Distance with Online Education - Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns Gaea LeinhardtThe Pedagogical Challenges to Collaborative Technologies - Diana LaurillardComputer Mediated Conferencing for Management Learning at the Open University - Gilly SalmonIntegrating Technology into a Traditional Learning Environment: Reasons For and Risks of Success - Gunter Saunders and Fredrik KlemmingManagement Classes As Online Learning Communities - Paul ShrivastavaExpanding Classroom Discussion with an Online Medium - David SlavitWorking With Difference in Online Collaborative Groups - Regina SmithCybercheats: Is Information and Communication Technology Fuelling Academic Dishonesty? - Attila Szabo and Jean UnderwoodRethinking Learner Support: The Challenge of Collaborative Online Learning - Mary ThorpeApplying Distributed Learning Theory in Online Business Communication Courses - Kristin WalkerPART THREE: DIGITAL LITERACIESMultimodality, Literacy and Texts: Developing a Discourse - Eve BearneLiteracy in the Digital Age: Learning From Computer Games - Catherine Beavis, Thomas Apperley, Claire Bradford, Joanne O′Mara and Christopher WalshHow to Become a Sophisticated User: A Two-Dimensional Approach to E-Literacy - Romam Brandtweiner, Elisabeth Donat and Johann KerschbaumDigital Inequality Differences in Young Adults′ Use of the Internet - Eszter Hargittai and Amanda HinnantA Review of School-Based Initiatives in Media Literacy Education - Renee HobbsInformation, Knowledge and Learning: Some Issues Facing Epistemology and Education in a Digital Age - Colin Lankshear, Michael Peters and Michele KnobelChildren, Literacy and the UK National Grid for Learning - Colin Lankshear and Michele KnobelChildren′s Use of the Internet: Reflections on the Emerging Research Agenda - Sonia LivingstoneGradations in Digital Inclusion: Children, Young People and the Digital Divide - Sonia Livingstone and Ellen HelsperA Review of the ′Digital Turn′ in the New Literacy Studies - Kathy Ann MillsA Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures - The New London GroupTeaching The Virtual Generation - Luigi Prosperio and Dennis GioiaFrom Assimilation to Accommodation: A Developmental Framework for Integrating Digital Technologies into Literacy Research and Instruction - David Reinking, Linda Labbo and Michael McKennaThe Demographics, Motivations and Derived Experiences of Users of Massively-Multiuser Online Graphical Environments - Nick YeePART FOUR: NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Virtual Team Learning: An Introductory Study Team Exercise - Delwyn Clark and Jenny GibbThree-Dimensional Virtual Worlds and Distance Learning: Two Case Studies of Active Worlds as a Medium for Distance Education - Michele DickeyThe Interactive Whiteboard: A Literature Survey - Derek Glover, David Miller, Doug Averis and Victor DoorThe Affordances of Blogging: A Case Study in Culture and Technological Effects - Lucas GravesLearning, Teaching, and Scholarship in a Digital Age - Christine Greenhow, Beth Robelia and Joan HughesOnline Chat Facilities as Pedagogic Tools - Graeme KirkpatrickPromoting Intercultural Exchanges with Blogs and Podcasting: A Study of Spanish-American Telecollaboration - Lina LeeCreating a Successful International Distance-Learning Classroom - Craig Little, Larissa Titarenko and Mira BergelsonThe Slow Death of Formal Learning: A Polemic - David McGuire and Claire GubbinsComputerized Games and Simulations in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A Meta-Analysis of Research - Mark PetersonWhy Virtual, Why Environments? Implementing Virtual Reality Concepts in Computer-Assisted Language Learning - Klaus SchwienhorstIntegrating Web 2.0 in E-Learning Environments: A Socio-Technical Approach - Marianna SigalaBuilding a Shared Virtual Learning Culture: An International Classroom Partnership - Doreen Starke-Meyerring and Deborah AndrewsMore than ′Just a Game′: The Implications for Schools of Children′s Computer Games Communities - Ben Williamson and Keri FacerA Constructivist Mobile Learning Environment Supported By A Wireless Handheld Network - Gustavo Zurita and Miguel NussbaumPART FIVE: ONLINE ASSESSMENTThe Evaluation of Online Courses - Vincenza Benigno and Guglielmo TrentinDesigning and Assessing Online Learning in English Literary Studies - Benjamin Colbert, Rosie Miles, Francis Wilson and Hilary WeeksEvaluation of an Online Tool for Assessing Competence in Achievement Testing - David Forbush, Donald Stenhoff, Eleazor Vasquez III, Matthew Furzland, Melina Alexander and Jared SteinStudent Online Self-Assessment: Structuring Individual-Level Learning in a New Venture Creation Course - Sherrie Human, Thomas Clark and Melissa BaucusDeveloping Competent E-Learners: The Role of Assessment - Janet MacdonaldE-Portfolios: An Assessment Tool for Online Courses - Robin Mason, Chris Pegler and Martin WellerThe Experience of Collaborative Assessment in E-Learning - David McConnellAssessing and Monitoring Student Progress in an E-Learning Personnel Preparation Environment - Edward Meyen, Ronald Aust, Yvonne Bui and Robert IsaacsonVirtual Communities and the Assessment of Online Marketing Education - James Peltier, William Drago and John SchibrowskyTeaching Business Cases Online Through Discussion Boards: Strategies and Best Practices - Keith RollagUsing the Online Environment in Assessment for Learning: A Case-Study of a Web-Based Course in Primary Care - Jill Russell, Lewis Elton, Deborah Swinglehurst and Trisha GreenhalghThe Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture - Lorrie ShepardLearning-Teaching-Assessment Paradigms and the On-Line Classroom - Bruce SpeckComputer-Assisted Assessment: Suggested Guidelines for an Institutional Strategy - Derek Stephens, Joanna Bull and Winnie WadeAssessment and Collaboration in Online Learning - Karen Swan, Jia Shen and Starr Roxanne Hiltz