Another example of unashamed self-publicity ... This should be out before the AoIR conference. /Caroline -------------------------------- HANDBOOK OF E-LEARNING RESEARCH Sage, forthcoming August 2007 Edited by Richard Andrews, University of York, UK and Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. For chapter abstracts, see: http://classweb.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/books/toc_handbook.html Table Of Contents Richard Andrews and Caroline Haythornthwaite - - Introduction to e-learning research CONTEXTS FOR RESEARCHING E-LEARNING Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff and Linda Harasim - - Development and philosophy of the field of asynchronous learning networks Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe - - On computers and writing Caroline Haythornthwaite - - Digital divide and e-learning Angela McFarlane - - Learning and the world of games and play Christopher Hoadley - - Learning sciences theories and methods for e-learning researchers THEORY Melody M. Thompson - - From distance education to e-learning Terry Locke - - E-learning and the reshaping of rhetorical space Andrew Whitworth - - Researching the cognitive cultures of e-learning Mike Sharples, Josie Taylor and Giasemi Vavoula - - A theory of learning for the mobile age Naomi Miyake - - Computer supported collaborative learning POLICY Virgil E. Varvel, Rae-Anne Montague & Leigh S. Estabrook - - Policy and e-learning Gráinne Conole - - An international comparison of the relationship between policy and practice in e-learning Michelle M. Kazmer - - Community-embedded learning Konrad Morgan and Madeleine Morgan - - The challenges of gender, age and personality in e-learning LANGUAGE AND LITERACY Janina Brutt-Griffler - - Bilingualism and e-learning Carol A. Chapelle - - Second language learning and online communication Illana Snyder - - Literacy, learning and technology studies Zhao Yuan - - Problems of researching e-learning - - the case of computer-assisted language learning DESIGN ISSUES Bronwyn Stuckey & Sasha Barab - - New conceptions for community design Wynne Harlen and Susan J. Doubler - - Researching the impact of online professional development for teachers Ellen Roberts & Jane Rostron - - Exploring e-learning community in a global postgraduate programme Andrew Burn - - The place of digital video in the curriculum ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820