Synopses & Reviews
Online Teaching and Learning shows how learning through the internet depends on complex human interactions for success.
The text uses sociocultural theory as its foundational stance to empirically examine the dynamics of these interactions. It seeks to understand meaning making in all of its social, linguistic and cultural complexity. Each chapter examines how it is that culturally and historically situated meanings get negotiated through social mediation in online instructional venues. It extends the ways we think and talk about online teaching and learning.
About the Author
Carla Meskill is Professor, Department of Education Theory and Practice at the University of Albany, State University of New York, USA.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Sociocultural Research Perspectives for Online Teaching and Learning,
Carla MeskillPart 1: Diversity/Identity Online1. Balancing Multiple Discourses in the U.S. Distance Learning Context:A Case of a Chinese Student,
Gulnara Sadykova2. Projection of Teacher Identity in Introductory Posts: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Strategies of Online Self-Presentation,
Denis SamburskiyPart 2: Shifts in Practice3. An Exploration of Three-Dimensional Virtual Worlds through ESL/EFL Teachers' Perspectives in Second Life,
Ozan Varli
4. Collaboration Unpacked: Tasks, Tools, and Activities,
Andreas Lund5. Synchronous Online Language Teaching: Strategies to Support Learner Development,
Iryna Kozlova and Evon ZundelPart 3: Shifts in Participation6. The Educational Value of Student Talk in Online Discussions,
Sedef Uzuner and Ruchi Mehta7. Focusing on the social: Research into the distributed knowledge of novice teachers in online exchange,
Melinda Dooly8. Perceptions of Humor in Oral Synchronous Online Environments,
Natasha Anthony9. Face-to-face and Online ELL Writing Tutorials: A Comparison,
Jason VickersPart 4: Informal Online Learning10. Rapport Management and Online Learning: L2 Socialization in Livemocha,
Adrienne Gonzalez11. “We don't have to always post stuff to help us learn”: Informal Learning Through Social Networking in a Beginners' Chinese group,
Marie-Noelle LamyIndex