Synopses & Reviews
<br /> >
Synopsis
A monograph exploring globalised virtual learning environments and its implications for teaching and learning.
Synopsis
Explores new ideas about globalised virtual learning environments and in particular the implications for learners, teachers and institutions.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors \ Foreword
Professor Mark Warschauer, University of California, Irvine, USA \ Introduction
Robin Goodfellow and Marie-Noëlle Lamy \ 1. When the Solution Becomes the Problem: Cultures and Individuals As Obstacles to Online Learning
Charles Ess \ 2. Identity, Gender, and Language in Synchronous Cybercultures: A Cross-Cultural Study
Charlotte N. Gunawardena, Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Gayathri Jayatilleke and Fadwa Bouacharine \ 3. Entering the World of Online Foreign Language Education: Challenging and Developing Teacher Identities
Robert O'Dowd \ 4. From Face-to-Face to Distance Learning: The Online Learner's Emerging Identity
Christine Develotte \ 5. Being and Learning in the Online Classroom: Linguistic Practices and Ritual Text Acts
Leah P. Macfadyen \ 6. Technology as a 'Cultural Player' in Online Learning Environments
Anne Hewling \ 7. Trouble and Autoethnography in Assessment Genre: A Case for Postnational Design in Online Internationalized Pedagogy
Catherine Doherty \ 8. New Learning Cultures: Identities, Media, and Networks
Jay Lemke and Caspar van Helden \ Conclusion: New Directions for Research in Online Learning Cultures
Robin Goodfellow and Marie-Noëlle Lamy \ References \ Internet References \ Author Index\ Special Index