Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning

Foundations and Applications

Edited by George Veletsianos
Categories: Education
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Paperback : 9781771991490, 324 pages, June 2016

Table of contents

Introduction

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

1. The Defining Characteristics of Emerging Technologies and
Emerging Practices in Online Education / George Veletsianos

2. Complexity, Mess and Not-Yetness: Teaching Online with Emerging
Technologies / Jen Ross & Amy Collier

3. Theories for Learning with Emerging Technologies / Terry
Anderson

4. Emerging Technology Integration Models / Royce Kimmons &
Cassidy Hall

5. Multiple Learning Roles in a Connected Age: When Distance Means
Less Than Ever / Elizabeth Wellburn & B. J. Eib

PART II: APPLICATIONS

6. Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics: Potentials and
Possibilities for Online Education / R. S. Baker & P. S.
Inventado

7. The Emergence of Practice: Two case studies of Moodle in Online
Education / Andrew Whitworth & Angela D. Benson

8. Issues in Research, Design, and Development of Personal Learning
Environments / Trey Martindale & Michael Dowdy

9. Designing for Open & Social Learning / Alec Couros &
Katia Hildebrandt

10. The phenomenal MOOC: Sociocultural effects of a marginal
learning model / Rolin Moe

11. Arts-Based Technologies Create Community in Online Courses /
Beth Perry & Margaret Edwards

Conclusion

List of Contributors

Description

By harnessing the dispersed knowledge in online education, Veletsianos and his contributors conceptualize, critique, and enhance our understanding of the foundations and applications of emergent approaches and new technologies in the field of education. Contributors to this volume, the eleventh in the Issues in Distance Education series, are those shaping the future of online learning with their investigations into concepts of openness, analytics, MOOCs, social media, and more. To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit. ly/1ZT7e56