Online teaching and learning : sociocultural perspectives /
Online Teaching and Learning shows how learning through the internet depends on complex human interactions for success. The text uses sociocultural theory as its foundational stance to empirically examine the dynamics of these interactions. It seeks to understand meaning making in all of its social,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc,
2013.
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Colección: | Advances in digital language learning and teaching.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Sociocultural Perspectives; Part One Diversity/Identity Online; 1 Learning in New Online Cultures: East Meets West; Introduction; Purpose of the study; Perspectives; Method; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion and implications; 2 Projection of Teacher Identity in Introductory Posts: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Strategies of Online Self-Presentatio; Introduction; Identity and self-presentation online and face-to-face; Theoretical framework; Background of the study; Data collection and analysis.
- DiscussionConclusion; Part Two Shifts in Practice; 3 An Exploration of 3D Virtual Worlds through ESL/EFL Teachers' Perspectives in Second Life; Educational research in SL: Teachers' perspectives; Data collection: Observations and interviews; Results and discussion; Conclusion; Appendix 3.1. Interview questions; Appendix 3.2. Participant profiles; 4 Collaboration Unpacked: Tasks, Tools and Activities; Introduction: Are two heads better than one?; Collaboration versus co-operation; Why collaborate? Some responses from research; Collaboration in practice: The TWEAK project.
- Discussion: Four cumulative findingsTWEAK synthesis: Interaction and transformation; 5 Synchronous Online Language Teaching: Strategies to Support Learner Development; Study; Discussion: Instructors' uses of multimodalities for student engagement; Concluding remarks; Appendix 5.1. Transcription conventions; Appendix 5.2. Instructor background questionnaire; Part Three Shifts in Participation; 6 The Educational Value of Student Talk in Online Discussions; Introduction; Methodology; Results; Conclusion; Appendix 6.1. Uzuner's (2007) EVT/ELVT coding scheme.
- 7 Focusing on the Social: Research into the Distributed Knowledge of Novice Teachers in Online ExchangeIntroduction; The online international exchange program; Analytical approach; Main themes discussed in students' final reflections; Tracing one student-teacher's learning through artefacts; Conclusion; 8 Perceptions of Humour in Oral Synchronous Online Environments; Introduction; Humour in language teaching and learning; Methodology; Analysis; Discussion and implications; Conclusion; Appendix 8.1. Interview and survey questions for students.
- Appendix 8.2. Interview questions for instructors9 Face-to-Face and Online EL Writing Tutorials: A Comparison; Introduction; A writing process; Data sources; Complications in comparing f2f and asynchronous email tutorials; (Re)drafting in f2f and email tutorials; Scaffolding the editing episode; Discussion and conclusion; Part Four Informal Online Learning; 10 Rapport Management and Online Learning: L2 Socialization in Livemocha; Introduction; Language socialization and rapport management; Social networking; The inquiry; Data; Online rapport management; Discussion and conclusions.