Learning Together Online: Research on Asynchronous Learning Networks

by Hiltz, Starr Roxanne; Goldman, Ricki

• ISBN13: 9780805852554
• ISBN10: 0805852557
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-08
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book addresses the past and future of research on the effectiveness of asynchronous learning networks courses in which students and teachers learn together online via the Internet. An integrated theoretical framework called Online Interaction Lea

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
About the Authors	p. xvii
Foundations of Research on Learning Networks	p. 1
What Are Asynchronous Learning Networks?	p. 3
The Online Interaction Learning Model: An Integrated Theoretical Framework for Learning Networks	p. 19
Effectiveness for Students: Comparisons of "In-Seat" and ALN Courses	p. 39
Improving Quantitative Research on ALN Effectiveness	p. 81
Qualitative and Quisitive Research Methods for Describing Online Learning	p. 103
Learning Networks: What We Know and What We Need to Know	p. 121
Contextual Factors That Influence ALN Effectiveness	p. 123
The Student in the Online Classroom	p. 145
Faculty Roles and Satisfaction in Asynchronous Learning Networks	p. 169
Technology-Mediated Collaborative Learning: A Research Prospective	p. 191
Media Mixes and Learning Networks	p. 215
The Development of Virtual Learning Communities	p. 239
Asynchronous Learning Networks: Looking Back and Looking Forward	p. 261
Author Index	p. 281
Subject Index	p. 293
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