The new edition of The SAGE Handbook of E-Learning Research retains the original effort of the first edition by focusing on research while capturing the leading edge of e-learning development and practice. Chapters focus on areas of development in e-learning technology, theory, practice, pedagogy and method of analysis.

Table of Contents

• List of contributors
• 1 Introduction to E-learning Research - Richard Andrews and Caroline Haythornthwaite
• PART I CONTEXTS FOR RESEARCHING E-LEARNING
• 2 Development and Philosophy of the Field of Asynchronous Learning Networks - Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff and Linda Harasim
• 3 On Computers and Writing - Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe
• 4 Digital Divide and E-learning - Caroline Haythornthwaite
• 5 Learning and Lessons from the World of Games and Play - Angela McFarlane
• 6 Learning Sciences Theories and Methods for E-learning Researchers - Christopher Hoadley
• PART II THEORY
• 7 From Distance Education to E-learning - Melody M. Thompson
• 8 E-learning and the Reshaping of Rhetorical Space - Terry Locke
• 9 Researching the Cognitive Cultures of E-learning - Andrew Whitworth
• 10 A Theory of Learning for the Mobile Age - Mike Sharples, Josie Taylor, Giasemi Vavoula
• 11 Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Naomi Miyake
• PART III POLICY
• 12 Policy and E-learning - Virgil E. Varvel, Rae-Anne Montague and Leigh S. Estabrook
• 13 An International Comparison of the Relationship between Policy and Practice in E-learning - Gráinne Conole
• 14 Community-embedded Learning - Michelle M. Kazmer
• 15 The Challenges of Gender, Age and Personality in E-learning - Konrad Morgan and Madeleine Morgan
• PART IV LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
• 16 Bilingualism and E-learning - Janina Brutt-Griffler
• 17 Second Language Learning and Online Communication - Carol A. Chapelle
• 18 Literacy, Learning and Technology Studies - Ilana Snyder
• 19 Problems in Researching E-learning: the Case of Computer-Assisted Language Learning - Zhao Yuan
• PART V DESIGN ISSUES
• 20 New Conceptions for Community Design - Bronwyn Stuckey and Sasha Barab
• 21 Researching the Impact of Online Professional Development for Teachers - Wynne Harlen and Susan J. Doubler
• 22 Exploring E-learning Community in a Global Postgraduate Programme - Ellen Roberts and Jane Lund
• 23 The Place of Digital Video in the Curriculum - Andrew Burn