Contents: M. Riel, Foreword: Conceptual Order and Collaborative Tools--Creating Intellectual Identity. Preface. C.J. Bonk, K.S. King, Introduction to Electronic Collaborators. Part I:Theoretical and Technological Foundations.C.J. Bonk, K.S. King, Computer Conferencing and Collaborative Writing Tools: Starting a Dialogue About Student Dialogue. C.J. Bonk, D.J. Cunningham, Searching for Learner-Centered, Constructivist, and Sociocultural Components of Collaborative Educational Learning Tools. T.M. Duffy, B. Dueber, C.L. Hawley, Critical Thinking in a Distributed Environment: A Pedagogical Base for the Design of Conferencing Systems. Part II:Stand-Alone System Collaboration.C. Angeli, D.J. Cunningham, Bubble Dialogue: Tools for Supporting Literacy and Mind. J.R. Savery, Fostering Ownership for Learning With Computer-Supported Collaborative Writing in an Undergraduate Business Communication Course. Part III:Asynchronous Electronic Conferencing.W.A. Sugar, C.J. Bonk, Student Role Play in the World Forum: Analyses of an Arctic Adventure Learning Apprenticeship. S-M. Chong, Models of Asynchronous Computer Conferencing for Collaborative Learning in Large College Classes. R. Althauser, J.M. Matuga, On the Pedagogy of Electronic Instruction. S.E. Kirkley, J.R. Savery, M.M. Grabner-Hagen, Electronic Teaching: Extending Classroom Dialogue and Assistance Through E-mail Communication. E. Zhu, Learning and Mentoring: Electronic Discussion in a Distance Learning Course. Part IV:Multiconferencing: Asynchronous and Synchronous Classrooms.D.H. Cooney, Sharing Aspects Within Aspects: Real-Time Collaboration in the High School English Classroom. C.J. Bonk, E.J. Hansen, M.M. Garbner-Hagen, S.A. Lazar, C. Mirabelli, Time to "Connect": Synchronous and Asynchronous Case-Based Dialogue Among Preservice Teachers. I. King, The Use of Computer-Mediated Communication: Electronic Collaboration and Interactivity. Part V:Looking Back and Glancing Ahead.M.A. Siegel, S.E. Kirkley, Adventure Learning as a Vision of the Digital Learning Environment. K.S. King, Designing 21st-Century Educational Networlds: Structuring Electronic Social Spaces.
Curtis Jay Bonk, Kira S. King
"Evolving collaborative strategies demand our understanding; this
early research provides us with some frameworks for doing just
that. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above."
—CHOICE"...this book offers a valuable treatise for those who are
interested in finding out more about CMC and CSCL and their uses
for promoting new approaches to collaborative learning
processes."
—Educational Technology Review"In summary, Electronic Collaborators
is a very valuable contribution to the debate around the 'new
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learning. Even more, it is itself an excellent example of
collaboration between teaching and research within a small group of
institutions. It is thus highly relevant to the graduate study
arena for which it is intended."
—Computers & Education"This is an exceptional educational book, for
it deals with its subject matter--electronic
learner-centeredness--in great depth and detail, and yet remains
consistently readable from start to finish. It is a treasure for
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of four distinct aspects of the use of IT in higher education
today, and especially tomorrow....If you have come to see that the
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—British Journal of Educational Technology"This volume addresses a
research-oriented readership, but will be of interest to
educational technologists who want to move design beyond the
presentation of material, towards creating contexts for active
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—Education, Communication & Information"The authors collectively
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—The Journal of Higher Education"Electronic Collaborators is a
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and lessons learned."
—TESL-EJ"Appropriate and timely....Provides a coherent formulation
of the relationship between computer collaboration and social
constructivism....This is a strong volume that will add to
Erlbaum's impressive list in educational technology."
—Jay David Bolter
Georgia Institute of Technology"A wonderful new entry to the
history of the electronic classroom. It will be useful to educators
at every level as they probe the possible....This book's strength
is the way in which it addresses a variety of models for electronic
collaboration, then has the principals of the projects comment on
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offers lots to think about and the effort to ground each model in
current pedagogy is excellent....The wealth of pedagogical strands
that are brought together is inspiring and serves as a jumping off
point for the next generation of learner-centered technology."
—David Tillyer
The City University of New York
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