Cases on Online Learning Communities and Beyond: Investigations and Applications

The Wabash Center

Author: Yang, Harrison Hao, and Wang, Shuyan, eds.
Publisher: IGI Global, Hershey PA
ISBN: 9781466619364
Table of Contents: Preface
Acknowledgment

Section 1 - Participants
ch. 1 Academic integrity and Student Satisfaction in an Online Environment ( Michele T. Cole, Daniel J. Shelley, Louis B. Swartz)
ch. 2 Opportunities for Enhancing Ethical Climates in Online Courses: Best Practices for Reducing Student Cheating (Robyn Hulsart, Vikkie McCarthy)
ch. 3 Is It Better to be Alone or in Company? The Impact of the Structural Profile of Interpersonal Skills on Computer-Supported Group-Based Learning (Elvis Mazzoni, Pietro Gaffuri, Patrizia Selleri)
ch. 4 The Power of Digital Literacy to Transform and Shape Teacher Identities (Janette Hughes, Lorayne Robertson)
ch. 5 The Teaching Assistants' Community of Practice Facilities Undergraduate Online Learning in a Blended Course (Xiaojun Chen, Jea H. Choi, Ji Hyun Yu, Timothy Newby)
ch. 6 Attitudes towards Diverse Learners: A Hybrid Technology Course for Secondary School Mathematics Pre/In-Service Teachers (Faith Maina, Marcia M. Burrell)

Section 2 - Communications and Collaboration Technologies
ch. 7 Technology: A Tool for Creating Collaborative Learning Environments (Rita Gravina, Helena Pereira-Raso)
ch. 8 Google Docs in Higher Education (Jorge Reyna)
ch. 9 Using Blogs to Journal, Document, and Create Community (Jennifer Munday)
ch. 10 Authentic Assessment through an Online Professional Conference: Barriers and Affordances (Authentic Assessment through an Online Professional Conference: Barriers and Affordances)
ch. 11 Lecture Capture as a Tool to Enhance Student Accessibility: A Canadian Case Study (Susan Vajoczki, Susan Watt)
ch. 12 Choosing the Right Course Management System for Distance Education Course (Zafer Unal, Ashlihan Unal)
ch. 13 Using Web for Delivery of Open and Distance Learning Programmes: A Case Study for Introspection (Kumar Sunil, M.K. Salooja)

Section 3 - Pedagogical Design and Practices
ch. 14 Constructing a Working Life-Oriented Model for Online Course Modernization (Irja Leppisaari, Rilna Kleimola, Markus Maunula, Tuula Hohenthal)
ch. 15 Design of an Online Continuing Education Module: Herbal and Dietary Supplements Impact Warfarin Safety and Efficacy (Jennifer L. Strohecker, Wendy Athens)
ch. 16 Juggling Channels and Turn-Taking in a Dual Channel Synchronous Class: A Conversation Analysis Approach (Christie L. Suggs, Vanessa Paz Sennen, Jennifer B. Meyers)
ch. 17 Teaching a YouTube (Chareen Sneison)
ch. 18 Peer Feedback for Enhancing Students' Project Development in Online Learning (Swapna Kumar, Johanna Kenney, Vasa Buraphedeja)
ch. 19 Toward a Model of Multi-Level Professional Learning Communities to Guide the Training and Practice of Literacy Coaches (Michelle McAnuff-Gumbs, Katherine Verbeck)
ch. 20 Didactical Design for Online Process-Based Assessment in Teacher Education: Making the Informal Formal (Peter Bergstrom)

Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index

Technology-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. (From the Publisher)