Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Online
This is a gathering of thoughts on the topic of teaching and learning online. It is not intended to be exhaustive (there are new publications and presentations happening daily), but it should provide a variety of reading, watching, and listening experiences that will get you thinking about the differences between teaching and learning in a traditional, face-to-face classroom and teaching and learning in a distributed learning environment where the participants are separated by time and/or space.
Some of these resources are available online; others require a trip to the library. We urge you to explore and follow wherever your own path leads you based on your own interests, knowledge, and experience.
Anderson, T. & Elloumi, F. (Eds.) (2008). Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Available from: http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/index.html.
Bates, T. (2008). Web 2.0 and independent learning. Available from: http://www.tonybates.ca/2008/07/07/web-20-and-independent-learning/.
Bates, T. (2008). What is distance education? Available from: http://www.tonybates.ca/2008/07/07/what-is-distance-education/.
BCCampus and Commonwealth of Learning (2008). Education for a digital world: Advice, guidelines, and effective practice from around the globe. Available from: http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pages/edDigitalWorld.aspx.
Cleveland-Innes, M., Garrison, D.R., & Kinsel, E. (2007). Role adjustment for learners in an online community of inquiry: Identifying the challenges of incoming online learners. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2(1), 1-16. A copy of this article is available from ekinsel@odysseylearn.com.
Collison, G., Elbaum, B., Haavind, S., & Tinker, R. (2000). Facilitating online learning: Effective strategies for moderators. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.
Denning, K. and Davis, M. (2000). Computer mediated communication in adult education. In D.M. Watson and T. Downes (Eds.) Communications and Networking in Education: Learning in a Networked Society (pp. 91-100). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Dodd, C., Kirby, D., Seifert, T., & Sharpe, D. (Spring 2009). The impact of high school distance e-learning experience on rural students’ university achievement and persistence. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, XII(I). Available from: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring121/dodd121.html.
Downes, Stephen (2005, October 24)). E-learning 2.0. eLearn Magazine. Available from: http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=29-1.
Downes, Stephen (Speaker). (2008, June). What learning design could be (audio recording with slides). Presentation made to LAMS, Cadiz, Spain. Available from: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?presentation=192.
Garrison, D.R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3). 87-105. Available from: http://communitiesofinquiry.com/model.
Green, L. (1998). Playing croquet with flamingos: A guide to moderating online conferences. Available from: http://emoderators.com/moderators/flamingoe.pdf.
Grow, G. (1991/1996). Teaching learners to be self-directed. Adult Education Quarterly, 41(3), Spring, 125-149. Also available from: http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/SSDL/SSDLIndex.html#Contents.
Harasim, L., Hiltz, S.R., Teles, L., & Turoff, M. (1995). Learning networks: a field guide to teaching and learning online. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Henry, J. & Meadows, J. (2008). An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 34(1), Winter. Available from: http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/179/177.
Jonassen, D. (1998). Designing constructivist learning environments. In C.M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional Theories and Models, 2nd ed. (pp. 1-21). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Kearsley, G. (1995). The nature and value of interaction in distance learning. Distance Education Symposium3: Instruction, May 1995, 83-92.
Kearsley, G. (1999-2001). Learning and teaching in cyberspace. Available from: http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/chapts.htm.
Khan, B. H. (Ed.). (1997). Web-based instruction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Killian, C. (1997). F2F – why teach online. EduCom Review, 32(4). Available from: http://net.educause.edu/apps/er/review/reviewarticles/32431.html.
Kuhlman, Tom (2010). Why E-Learning is so Effective. Available from http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/why-e-learning-is-so-effective/.
Mason, R. & Kaye, A. (1989). Mindweave: Communication, computers and distance education. Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press.
McDonald, J. (August 2002). Is ‘as good as face-to-face’ as good as it gets? Journal for Asynchronous Learning Networks, 6(2), 10-23.
Moore, M.G. (1993). Theory of transactional distance. In D. Keegan (Ed.), Theoretical Principles of Distance Education (pp. 22-38). New York: Routledge.
Moore, M.G. (1989). Three types of interaction. The American Journal of Distance Education, 3(2), 1-6. Also available from: http://www.ajde.com/Contents/vol3_2.htm#editorial.
Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2007). Building online learning communities: Effective strategies for the virtual classroom, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Relan, A. & Gillani, B. (1997). Web-based instruction and the traditional classroom: similarities and differences. in B. Khan (Ed.), Web-based instruction (pp. 41-46. Englewood cliffs: NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Salmon, G. (2000). E-moderating. New York: Routledge.
Threlkeld, R. and Brzoska, K. (1994). Research in distance education. In B. Willis (Ed.) Distance Education Strategies and Tools (pp. 41-66). Englewood Cliffs: Educational Technology Publications.
Wiley, D. (2007). Openness, localization and the future of learning objects. Audio presentation with slides made to BCNet in the fall of 2007.
