Key Issues in e-Learning Research and Practice

by Pachler, Norbert; Daly, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9781847063601
• ISBN10: 1847063608
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Enables readers to Understand The key issues underpinning e-learning with a view to enabling them to use it effectively in their professional practice.

Author Biography

Norbert Pachler is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, where he is Pro-Director for Professional Education. Caroline Daly is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, with responsibility for the mixed-mode Master of Teaching (MTeach).

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The "e" in e-Learning	p. 11
What do we mean by "e-learning"?	p. 11
What is learning?	p. 17
Towards a theory of/for e-learning	p. 18
Policy as a driver for e-learning	p. 19
Potentials and benefits of technology in education	p. 21
What do we mean by e-learning? Revisited	p. 25
Some theoretical considerations	p. 25
The importance of self-regulation and meta-learning	p. 28
e-Learning 2.0?	p. 32
Some additional theoretical considerations	p. 33
Conclusion	p. 35
Changing Contexts	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Ecology of learning with technologies	p. 38
Technological developments and changing views of knowledge and learners	p. 40
Socio-cultural practices	p. 43
Policy-making	p. 45
Policy tensions affecting educational institutions	p. 49
Changing personal/public boundaries	p. 51
Challenges for schools, post-16 colleges and universities	p. 54
Conclusion	p. 55
Theories, Concepts and Models	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The shared construction of knowledge	p. 61
Laurillard's Conversational Framework	p. 63
Computer-mediated communication	p. 64
CMC as a literate learning practice	p. 65
Participation	p. 67
The individual and agentive dimensions of e-learning	p. 71
Theoretical perspectives on practitioner development	p. 75
Conclusion	p. 78
Online Learning and Teaching and Learning about Online Teaching	p. 81
Learning revisited	p. 81
Affordance	p. 83
Knowledge construction through interaction	p. 83
Supporting collaboration and artefact creation	p. 85
Distributed cognition?	p. 87
A sense of place	p. 90
Pedagogical templates, models and frameworks	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 108
e-Assessment, e-Portfolios, Quality Assurance and the Student Experience	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Quality assurance and the student experience	p. 109
e-Assessment	p. 111
Some examples of e-assessment practices	p. 119
e-Portfolios	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 126
Researching e-Learning	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
Maturation of e-learning research	p. 130
Researching the learning in e-learning	p. 135
The "narrative turn"	p. 138
The Qualitative Content Analysis model	p. 141
Where next?	p. 143
The theory-practice challenge for e-learning research	p. 145
References	p. 149
Index	p. 169
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