Cases on Online Learning Communities and Beyond: Investigations and ApplicationsRelease Date: July, 2012. Copyright © 2013. 501 pages.
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In Stock. Have it as soon as May. 23 with express shipping*. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1936-4, ISBN13: 9781466619364, ISBN10: 1466619368, EISBN13: 9781466619371  | | TopDescriptionTechnology-enriched online settings provide new ways to support lifelong learning. Learners can interact with other learners, gain from their experiences, and then construct their own knowledge, be it through Google Docs, online collaborative communities, YouTube, wikis, or blogs. Cases on Online Learning Communities and Beyond: Investigations and Applications provides a variety of essential case studies which explore the benefits and pedagogical successes of distance learning, blended learning, collaborative learning environments, computer-supported group-based learning, and professional learning communities. This casebook is an essential resource for educators, instructional designers, trainers, administrators, and researchers working in the areas of online learning and distance learning. TopTable of Contents and List of Contributors
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Michele T. Cole (Robert Morris University, USA), Daniel J. Shelley (Robert Morris University, USA), Louis B. Swartz (Robert Morris University, USA)
Universities are experiencing continued growth in the demand for online course offerings. Increasingly, students expect convenience and ready access. In response, in...
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Robyn Hulsart (Austin Peay State University, USA), Vikkie McCarthy (Austin Peay State University, USA)
This case study outlines issues with student academic integrity in an online undergraduate program and explains how faculty can play an important role in reducing th...
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Elvis Mazzoni (University of Bologna, Italy), Pietro Gaffuri (University of Bologna, Italy), Patrizia Selleri (University of Bologna, Italy)
This chapter presents an empirical study involving first-year students enrolled in the Faculty of Psychology (University of Bologna), who are following a practical f...
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Janette Hughes (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada), Lorayne Robertson (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)
In this chapter, the authors focus their attention on the case studies of three beginning teachers and their use of digital storytelling in their preservice educatio...
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Xiaojun Chen (Purdue University, USA), Jea H. Choi (Purdue University, USA), Ji Hyun Yu (Purdue University, USA), Timothy Newby (Purdue University, USA)
This chapter describes a peer-led community of teaching assistants. The aim is to illustrate ways in which peer-led mentored training enables the creation of a teach...
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Faith Maina (State University of New York College at Oswego, USA), Marcia M. Burrell (State University of New York College at Oswego, USA)
University educators are often faced with the challenging task of equipping both pre-service and in-service teachers with the knowledge, skills, and resources to eff...
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Rita Gravina (The Bishop Strachan School, Canada), Helena Pereira-Raso (The Bishop Strachan School, Canada)
Collaboration is an important aspect of how our world functions today and an element at the core of rich learning opportunities. The role of educational institutions...
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Jorge Reyna (Artminds Digital Media, Australia)
It has been determined that students at the School of Education, University of Western Sydney (UWS) are widely spread throughout the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) reg...
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Jennifer Munday (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
This chapter describes a case where learning and assessment were centered on the use of an online blog for sharing ideas; logging progressive details of an emerging...
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Michael P. Menchaca (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA), Ellen S. Hoffman (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA), Curtis P. Ho (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)
Researchers such as Deutsch and Nicholson (2006) have proposed authentic assessment as a means to connect learning with practice and develop a commitment to life-lon...
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Susan Vajoczki (McMaster University, Canada), Susan Watt (McMaster University, Canada)
This case examines the incremental introduction of lecture-capture as a learning technology at a research-intensive university with the goal of addressing issues cre...
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Zafer Unal (University of South Florida – St. Petersburg, USA), Aslihan Unal (Usak University, Turkey)
In the current market space there are many commercially available Course Management Systems (CMS) from which to choose, such as BlackBoard and Desire2Learn. The open...
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Kumar Sunil (Indira Gandhi National Open University, India), M. K. Salooja (Indira Gandhi National Open University, India)
This case study focuses on the usage of Web as a delivery mode for open and distance learning programmes in India. It describes the designing and delivering of a pos...
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Irja Leppisaari (Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Riina Kleimola (Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Markus Maunula (Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Tuula Hohenthal (Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
Working life should be more actively integrated in higher education as a partner in education design. The e-Learning of the Future project (2009–2012, ERDF) meets wo...
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Jennifer L. Strohecker (Intermountain Medical Center, USA), Wendy Athens (University of Florida, USA)
The core instructional objective was a behavior change: Clinicians must ask patients about HDS use when taking a medical history and document this use in the medical...
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Christie L. Suggs (Florida State University, USA), Vanessa Paz Dennen (Florida State University, USA), Jennifer B. Myers (Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, USA & Florida State University, USA)
As synchronous distance education classes increase in number, the need for understanding how turn-taking occurs in this environment can help professors learn how to...
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Chareen Snelson (Boise State University, USA)
This chapter presents a case study of the author’s work developing and teaching an online course called YouTube for Educators, which is offered as an elective in an...
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Swapna Kumar (University of Florida, USA), Johanna Kenney (University of Florida, USA), Vasa Buraphadeja (Assumption University, Thailand)
The use of peer feedback is a strategy for online educators to facilitate collaboration among students and increase critical reflection. Through the well-designed us...
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Michelle McAnuff-Gumbs (The College of Saint Rose, USA), Katherine Verbeck (The College of Saint Rose, USA)
Were coaches exposed to key PLC concepts? Were they engaged in crucial processes? Was a viable training model used? The study indirectly affirms the efficacy of inno...
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Peter Bergström (Umeå University, Sweden)
This chapter reports on a research project in which a group of students in pre-school teacher education participated in an educational intervention based on the deve...
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TopTopics Covered- Blended Learning
- Collaborative learning environments
- Computer-Supported Group-Based Learning
- Course Management Systems
- Digital Literacy
- Distance Education
- Lecture Capture Learning Tools
- Professional Learning Communities
- Social Networks and Web 2.0
- Teacher Education
TopAuthor(s)/Editor(s) BiographyHarrison Hao Yang (Ed.D., Florida International Univeristy, 1996) is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at State University of New York at Oswego, USA. His research specialties include assessment and e-folios, distance/flexible education, information literacy, Information Technology diffusion/integration, learning theories, issues and trends on vocational-technical education, and Web/learning communities. Dr. Yang is the recipient of State University of New York (System-wide) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009, and SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006. Shuyan Wang (Ph.D., Ohio University, 2004) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at The University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Her research interests include technology integration into teaching and learning, technology integration into EFL classroom, distance learning, e-learning, assessment, and electronic portfolios. Dr. Wang has many publications in the format of books, book chapters, and journal articles. She has conducted large number of presentations at local, national, and international conferences. |
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