Re-Thinking E-Learning Research: Foundations, Methods, and Practices

For students, teachers, and researchers in e-learning, Friesen (e-learning practices, Rivers U., Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada) outlines alternative research frameworks and methodologies in e-learning drawn from fields such as literary theory, psychology, and cultural studies. These include methods for the analysis of content, narrative, genre, and discourse, hermeneutic-phenomenological investigation, and critical and historical inquiry. Chapters describe and apply one of these alternative methods to a common or emerging technology or practice, such as using narrative research into the adaptation of blogs in classrooms or a genre analysis of an online discussion. Some of the material has been previously published elsewhere. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)