Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 13
Checklists......Page 14
General Editors' Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Introduction......Page 18
Part I: Key Concepts and Issues......Page 22
1.1 The emergence of computer-mediated communication for language learning and teaching......Page 24
1.2 The road travelled: a broad view......Page 27
1.3 What the meta-literature reveals about practice and research......Page 29
1.4 Practitioner studies as a reflection of practices of use......Page 30
1.6 The quality of CMCL research......Page 33
1.7 Summary......Page 35
2.1 Theoretical framework 1: the cognitive SLA model......Page 36
2.2 Theoretical framework 2: sociocultural theory......Page 40
2.3 Summary......Page 46
3.1 What is mediation?......Page 48
3.2 Affordances, modes and the computer medium......Page 51
3.3 New literacies......Page 60
3.4 Summary......Page 64
4.1 Issues in comparative research......Page 66
4.2 Discourse and conversation analysis......Page 68
4.3 The ecology of online learning, interculturalism and identity research......Page 74
4.4 Summary......Page 76
5.1 Teachers' roles and skills......Page 78
5.2 Teaching online through collaboration, task-based and problem-based learning......Page 81
5.3 The teacher as reflective practitioner......Page 90
5.4 Summary......Page 91
6 Learner Experience......Page 93
6.1 Learner participation......Page 94
6.2 Anxiety......Page 96
6.3 Motivation, learner control and autonomy......Page 99
6.4 Presence and identity......Page 102
6.5 Summary......Page 104
7 Assessment of CMCL......Page 105
7.1 Different understandings of 'online assessment'......Page 106
7.2 Designing assignments for CMCL......Page 115
7.3 The student's experience of CMC assessment......Page 116
7.4 Summary and future research needs......Page 117
Part II: Research and Practice......Page 120
8.1 Introduction......Page 124
8.2 Savignon and Roithmeier 2004......Page 125
8.3 Weasenforth, Biesenbach-Lucas and Meloni 2002......Page 127
8.4 Conclusion......Page 129
9.1 Introduction......Page 132
9.2 Blake 2000......Page 133
9.3 Thorne 2003......Page 135
9.4 Conclusion......Page 138
10.1 Introduction......Page 140
10.2 KΓΆtter 2003......Page 141
10.3 Schneider and von der Emde 2005......Page 144
10.4 Conclusion......Page 147
11.2 Erben 1999......Page 148
11.3 Svensson 2003......Page 151
11.4 Conclusion......Page 153
12.1 Introduction......Page 155
12.2 Goodfellow, Jefferys, Miles and Shirra 1996......Page 156
12.3 O'Dowd 2006a and 2006b......Page 159
12.4 Conclusion......Page 161
13.1 Blogs......Page 163
13.2 Wikis......Page 165
13.3 Mobile devices......Page 167
13.4 Conclusion......Page 170
Part III: Practitioner Research......Page 172
14.1 What is practitioner research?......Page 174
14.2 The three essential steps of all practitioner research......Page 176
14.3 Overview of methods and instruments......Page 183
14.4 Summary......Page 187
15 A Practical Guide to CMCL Practitioner Research......Page 189
15.1 You and your participants' technical competence......Page 190
15.2 An ethical framework for your project......Page 191
15.3 What practical consequences can you expect to face when researching home-based distributed learning?......Page 194
15.4 Guarding against the effects of automatic indicators......Page 196
15.5 Summary......Page 198
16.1 What counts as data?......Page 200
16.2 How should your data be presented?......Page 202
16.4 How can you store and preserve your data?......Page 205
16.5 What automatic tools are available for analysing CMCL data?......Page 206
16.6 Summary......Page 208
17.1 How to use the project templates in this chapter......Page 209
17.2 Six project templates......Page 210
Part IV: Resources......Page 224
18.1 Introduction......Page 226
18.3 Information centres or portals......Page 227
18.5 Online books......Page 232
18.6 Online journals......Page 233
18.7 Online newsletters......Page 235
18.9 Tools and practical support: free......Page 236
18.10 Tools and practical support: pay-to-use......Page 238
18.11 MOOs and virtual worlds......Page 239
18.12 Video-streamed talks and other free educational sites......Page 240
18.13 Wikis......Page 241
Bibliography......Page 242
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