Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Web 2.0 and blended learning technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how e-learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and retention. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies examines new research on how online and blended learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an era of increasing technological convergence and dependence. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine online and blended technologies are being used to improve academic literacies in students, to create engaging communities of practice, and how these technologies are being used to improve learner motivation and self-empowered learners. This volume will also discuss a framework for adopting and deploying these technologies.

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Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Web 2.0 and blended learning technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how e-learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and retention. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies examines new research on how online and blended learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an era of increasing technological convergence and dependence. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine online and blended technologies are being used to improve academic literacies in students, to create engaging communities of practice, and how these technologies are being used to improve learner motivation and self-empowered learners. This volume will also discuss a framework for adopting and deploying these technologies.

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Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Part G, Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

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Web 2.0 and blended learning technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how e-learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and retention. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies examines new research on how online and blended learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an era of increasing technological convergence and dependence. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine online and blended technologies are being used to improve academic literacies in students, to create engaging communities of practice, and how these technologies are being used to improve learner motivation and self-empowered learners. This volume will also discuss a framework for adopting and deploying these technologies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781905159
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date: 03/08/2013
Series: Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education Series
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Part I Adoption of Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Novel Approaches in Higher Education: An Introduction to Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies Patrick Blessinger Charles Wankel 3

Leadership from ID (Instructional Design) for Web 2.0 Adoption: Appropriate Use of Emerging Technologies in Online Courses Marcia L. Ashbaugh 17

Part II Application of Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies

Controlling Engagement: The Effects of Learner Control on Engagement and Satisfaction Michael N. Karim Tara S. Behrend 59

Increasing Learner Engagement of Learning Technologies and Science Tpack through Representational Challenges Peter Hubber Esther Loong 83

From Connectivity to Connected Learners: Transactional Distance and Social Presence David Starr-Glass 113

Promoting Learner Engagement and Academic Literacies through Blended Course Design Cathy Gunn 145

Engaging Learners as Moderators in an Online Management Course Kamna Malik 175

Engaging Entrepreneurs with a Blended Problem-Based Learning Degree Programme Patrick Lynch Mary T. Holden Anthony Foley Denis Harrington Jennifer Hussey 199

Engaging Distance and Blended Learners Online Andrew Doig Steve Hogg 229

A Pedagogical Framework for Collaborative Learning in a Social Blended E-Learning Context Martina A. Doolan 261

Developing Technology and Collaborative Group Work Skills: Supporting Student and Group Success in Online and Blended Courses Julia L. Parra 287

Balancing Students' Privacy Concerns While Increasing Student Engagement in E-Learning Environments Lynne Siemens Catherine Althaus Charlotte Stange 339

Problem-Based Learning in Hybrid, Blended, or Online Courses: Instructional and Change Management Implications for Supporting Learner Engagement Katerina Bohle Carbonell Amber Dailey-Hebert Maike Gerken Therese Grohnert 359

About the Authors 387

Author Index 399

Subject Index 413

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