Learning Cultures in Online Education

Draws together contributions from online learning's leading scholars and a foreword by Professor Mark Warschauer.

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

"Combined, the studies in this volume are useful resources to those in the field and serve researchers, comparative educators, and instructors as they attempt to understand and increase the connections among people and improve learning experiences via online learning." Jayson Richardson, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA in Comparative Education Review, February 2010

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With the growth of trans-national education online, more learners are experiencing learning environments characterised by cultural diversity. This book presents a view of the thinking and practice related to globalised virtual learning environments.