Electronic Learning Communities

Issues and Practices

Sorel Reisman|John G. Flores|Denzil Edge

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Contents

This book focuses on electronic learning communities created through the development and use of the Internet for instruction and training. The chapters focus on philosophies, background, reviews, technologies, systems, tools, services, strategies, development, implementation, research, and guidelines for implementers, and each illustrates the chapter theme with a detailed example of best practices.

Preface: Electronic Learning Communities: Issues and Practices; Sorel Reisman.

Chapter 1. Interactive Online Educational Experiences: Evolution of Graded Projects; James Benjamin.
Chapter 2. Hybrid Courses as Learning Communities; Penelope Walters Swenson and Mark Evans.
Chapter 3. Building Electronic Communities for Distance Learners: Beyond the Course Level; David Brigham.
Chapter 4. Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in Online Course Development; Sharon M. Edge.
Chapter 5. A Different Practice: Spanning the Digital Divide Through Distance Learning; Lisa Holstrom and John G. Bryan.
Chapter 6. Preparing Faculty Members to Teach in the E-learning Environment; Barbara Fenenna.
Chapter 7. Grow Your Own Course Management the Way You Want It; Matthew E. Mooney.
Chapter 8. Strategies for Teaching Thinking and Promoting Intellectual Development in Online Classes; William Peirce.
Chapter 9. Online Learning as an Improvement? The Case of Economic Principles; Chiara Gratton-Lavoie and Denise Stanley.
Chapter 10. Developing an Effective Online Orientation Course to Prepare Students for Success in a Web-Based Learning Environment; Maggie McVay Lynch.
Chapter 11. Course Management as a Pedagogical Imperative; Xiaoxing Han, Sally Dresdow, Robert Gail, and Don Plunkett.
Chapter 12. Exclusion in International Online Learning Communities; S. Mavor and B. Trayner.
Chapter 13. Yours, Theirs, Mine: Just Who Owns Those Distance Courses?; John G. Bryan.
Chapter 14. Writing Winning Distance Education Teaching and Learning Grants; Catherine S. Bobb and Ronald G. Forsythe.
About the Authors.
Subject Index.