{"product_id":"online-teaching-and-learning-9781474222884","title":"Online Teaching and Learning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnline Teaching and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e 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, linguistic and cultural complexity. Each chapter examines how it is that culturally and historically situated meanings get negotiated through social mediation in online instructional venues. It extends the ways we think and talk about online teaching and learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edited volume is a welcome contribution to the body of scholarship on online learning -- and in particular to language learning, which is heavily represented across the chapters. Meskill has brought together a collection of studies that highlight the role that agency, environment and social practices play in the learning process. Covering technologies ranging from Second Life to wikis, and discursive elements ranging from introductions to humor, these studies are engaging and highlight the diverse ways in which discussion-based learning may occur. -- Vanessa Paz Dennen, Associate Professor of Instructional Systems, Florida State University, USA\u003cbr\u003eWhat is so appealing about this new volume edited by Carla Meskill is its willingness to engage with the complexities of learning and teaching online. Thus, broad generalizations about effectiveness and value are replaced by rigorous research studies that chart the participant experience over time and in detail, within a sociocultural view of learning. The result is a collection full of wisdom and insight reflecting the knowledge and experience of the contributors. The four parts of the book facilitate a breadth and depth of treatment that is especially effective in providing more complete descriptions of the learner experience and practical suggestions for the reflective online teacher. -- Mike Levy, Professor of Second Language Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Sociocultural Research Perspectives for Online Teaching and Learning, \u003ci\u003eCarla Meskill\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Diversity\/Identity Online\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Balancing Multiple Discourses in the U.S. Distance Learning Context:A Case of a Chinese Student, \u003ci\u003eGulnara Sadykova\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Projection of Teacher Identity in Introductory Posts: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Strategies of Online Self-Presentation, \u003ci\u003eDenis Samburskiy\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Shifts in Practice\u003c\/b\u003e  3. An Exploration of Three-Dimensional Virtual Worlds through ESL\/EFL Teachers’ Perspectives in Second Life, \u003ci\u003eOzan Varli \u003c\/i\u003e 4. Collaboration Unpacked: Tasks, Tools, and Activities,\u003ci\u003e Andreas Lund\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Synchronous Online Language Teaching: Strategies to Support Learner Development, \u003ci\u003eIryna Kozlova and Evon Zundel\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Shifts in Participation\u003c\/b\u003e  6. The Educational Value of Student Talk in Online Discussions, \u003ci\u003eSedef Uzuner and Ruchi Mehta\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Focusing on the social: Research into the distributed knowledge of novice teachers in online exchange, \u003ci\u003eMelinda Dooly\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Perceptions of Humor in Oral Synchronous Online Environments, \u003ci\u003eNatasha Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e  9. Face-to-face and Online ELL Writing Tutorials: A Comparison,\u003ci\u003e Jason Vickers\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 4: Informal Online Learning\u003c\/b\u003e  10. Rapport Management and Online Learning: L2 Socialization in Livemocha, \u003ci\u003eAdrienne Gonzalez\u003c\/i\u003e  11. “We don’t have to always post stuff to help us learn”: Informal Learning Through Social Networking in a Beginners’ Chinese group, \u003ci\u003eMarie-Noelle Lamy\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090951008599,"sku":"9781474222884","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474222884.jpg?v=1762273854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/online-teaching-and-learning-9781474222884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}