E-Learning in the 21st Century

The third edition of E-Learning in the 21st Century provides a coherent, comprehensive, and empirically-based framework for understanding e-learning in higher education.

Autorentext

D. Randy Garrison is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Zusammenfassung
The third edition of E-Learning in the 21st Century provides a coherent, comprehensive, and empirically-based framework for understanding e-learning in higher education. Garrison draws on his decades of experience and extensive research in the field to explore technological, pedagogical, and organizational implications. The third edition has been fully updated throughout and includes new material on learning technologies, MOOCs, blended learning, leadership, and the importance and role of social connections in thinking and learning, highlighting the transformative and disruptive impact that e-learning has recently had on education.

Inhalt

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

SECTION I: The Conceptual Framework

2 Theoretical Foundations

3 Community of Inquiry

4 Social Presence

5 Cognitive Presence

6 Teaching Presence

SECTION II: Applying the CoI Framework

7 Learning Technologies

8 Blended Learning

9 Guidelines for Practice

10 Assessment and Evaluation

11 Organizational Issues

12 Future Directions

Appendices

About the Author

References

Index