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Acknowledgements
This book originated in a workshop held at Higham Hall in Cumbria that
was part-funded by a grant from the Committee on Awareness, Liaison and
Training of JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee of the UK Higher
Education Funding Councils). The views expressed here are not necessarily
those of JISC or CALT. Further information about the project can be
obtained from the project's website (http://csalt.lancs.ac.ukJjiscl). We would
like to acknowledge the contributions of all the members of the project team:
Peter Goodyear, Vivien Hodgson, Mireia Asensio, Susan Armitage, Mark
Bryson, Michael O'Donoghue and David Hutchison.
The book contains several chapters that were the product of other
research conducted with the support of JISC and we would like to express
our sincere thanks to everyone at JISC who assisted in all these projects but
especially to Rachel Corrie, Jonathan Darby and Maria Lee.
We would also like to thank Alice Jesmont for her tireless help in all
aspects of the administration of the project and the book. The final camera
ready copy was in large part the result of the sterling efforts of Debra Smith
for which we are eternally grateful.
Contents
List of Contributors .........................................i x
Foreword .................................................x iii
J. Michael Spector
1 Perspectives and Issues in Networked Learning ...................1
Chris Jones and Christine Steeples
SECTION 1 The Context for Networked Learning .....................1 5
2 Networked Learning in Higher Education: The Mule in the Barn .... 17
Jonathan Darby
3 The Costs of Networked Learning .............................2 7
Charlotte Ash and Paul Bacsich
4 Psychological Foundations for Networked Learning ............. .49
Peter Goodyear
5 Studying Networked Learning: Some Implications from Socially
Situated Learning Theory and Actor Network Theory .............7 7
Steve Fox
6 The Changing Nature of Instructional Design for Networked
Learning ..................................................9 3
Radha Ganesan, Gerald S. Edmonds and J. Michael Spector
7 Views on Staff Development for Networked Learning ............ 111
Carmel McNaught
8 Managing Institutional Change for Networked Learning:
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach ............................... 125
Jonathan Foster, Nicholas Bowskill, Vic Lally and David McConnell
9 Information Specialists and Networked Learner Support ......... 143
Philippa Levy
10 Evaluating Networked Learning: Developing a Multi-Disciplinary,
Multi-Method Approach .................................... 169
Charles Anderson, Kate Day, Denise Haywood, Jeff Haywood,
Ray Land and Hamish Macleod
viii Network Learning: Perspectives and Issues
SECTION 2 Studies of Networked Learning .........................1 93
11 Approaches to Researching Teaching and Learning Online ........ 195
Gilly Salmon
12 Learning from Watching Others Learn ........................2 13
Terry Mayes, Finbar Dineen, Jean McKendree and John Lee
13 Issues for Democracy and Social Identity in Computer Mediated
Communication and Networked Learning ......................2 29
Vivien Hodgson
14 Small Group Teaching Across the Disciplines: Setting the Context
for Networked Learning .....................................2 43
Nick Hammond, Annie Trapp and Catherine Bennett
15 Designs for Networked Learning in Higher Education:
A Phenomenographic Investigation of Practitioners'
Accounts of Design .........................................2 53
Chris Jones and Mireia Asensio
16 Online Collaborative Assessment: Power Relations and 'Critical
Learning' .................................................2 79
Kiran Trehan and Michael Reynolds
17 The Campus Experience of Networked Learning ................2 93
Charles Crook
18 Learning Networks and the Issue of Communication Skills ...... .309
Erica McAteer, Andrew Tolmie, Charles Crook,
Hamish Macleod and Kerry Musselbrook
19 Beyond E-Learning: A Future for Networked Learning ...........3 23
Christine Steeples, Chris Jones and Peter Goodyear
Subject Index ................................................ .343
list of Contributors
Dr. Charles Anderson, Department of Higher and Community Education,
University of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ, Scotland UK
Mireia Asensio, Department of Management Learning, Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK
Charlotte Ash, School of Computing and Management Sciences, Sheffield
Hallam University, Stoddart Building, Howard Street, Sheffield Sl 1W B, UK
Professor Paul Bacsich, School of Computing and Management Sciences,
Sheffield Hallam University, Stoddart Building, Howard Street, Sheffield
SllWB, UK
Dr. Catherine Bennett, Department of Psychology, University of York, York
YOlOSDD, UK
Nicholas Bowskill, Staff Development Unit, Level 6, University House,
University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Professor Charles Crook, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough
University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Jonathan Darby, Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning, Department for
Continuing Education, Suite 6 Littlegate House, University of Oxford, 16/17
St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 IPT, UK
Dr. Kate Day, Department of Higher and Community Education, University
of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ,
Scotland UK
Finbar Dineen, Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow
st.
Caledonian University, Andrew House, 141 West Nile Street, Glasgow
GI2RN, UK
Dr. Gerald S. Edmonds, Associate Director, Research and Evaluation, Project
Advance, Syracuse University, 400 Ostrom Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Jonathan Foster, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield,
Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
x Network Learning: Perspectives and Issues
Dr. Steve Fox, Department of Management Learning, Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK
Radha Ganesan, Department of Instructional Design, Development and
Evaluation, Syracuse University, 330 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244,
USA
Professor Peter Goodyear, Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning
Technology, Department of, Educational Research, Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK
Dr. Nick Hammond, Department of Psychology, University of York, York
YOlO SDD, UK
Denise Haywood, Department of Higher and Community Education,
University of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ, Scotland UK
Dr. Jeff Haywood, Department of Higher and Community Education,
University of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ, Scotland UK
Dr. Vivien Hodgson, Department of Management Learning, Lancaster
University, Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK
Dr. Chris Jones, Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology,
Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster
LA14YL, UK
Vic Lally, School of Education, University of Sheffield, 388 Glossop Road,
Sheffield S10 2JA, UK
Dr. Ray Land, Department of Higher and Community Education, University
of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ,
Scotland UK
Dr. John Lee, Human Communication Research Centre, University of
Edinburgh, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, Scotland UK
Philippa Levy, Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of
Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Dr. Hamish Macleod, Department of Higher and Community Education,
University of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ, Scotland UK
Professor Terry Mayes, Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow
Caledonian University, St. Andrew House, 141 West Nile Street, Glasgow
G1 2RN, Scotland UK
