The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 560 pages
• Published by: Sage Publications Ltd July 30, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 141291938X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1412919388
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Weighs: 2.6 pounds

Product Review
"I would like to recommend enthusiastically The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research.   An international set of authors has produced a highly readable handbook that covers topics in E-learning research, theory, policy, language and literacy, and design issues.  The work draws on multiple perspectives ranging from early work in asynchronous learning networks to community organization in E-learning.  This is a large and much needed work that organizes and illuminates issues in E-learning in a way that readers will be able to take away practical advice for their own use.  I am quite pleased to see this handbook that provides a very useful organization of knowledge of our field."

-John Bourne, Executive Director, The Sloan Consortium (John Bourne )

Product Description
The SAGE Handbook of E-Learning Research provides a state-of-the-art, in-depth account of research in the rapidly expanding field of e-learning. The first of its kind, it provides reviews of over twenty areas in e-learning research by experts in the field, and provides a critical account of the best work to date. The contributors cover the basics of the discipline, as well as new theoretical perspectives.

Areas of research covered by the Handbook include:

• Contexts for researching e-learning
• Theory and policy
• Language and literacy
• Design issues
• History of the field

The editors’ introduction and many of the chapters show how multiple aspects of e-learning interact. The introduction also provides a new model for researching the field. This book is relevant for everyone in higher education, from undergraduate to faculty, as well as university administrators involved in providing e-learning. It will provide a research background for higher education, including universities, training colleges, and community colleges. It will also be relevant to those involved in any research and developmental aspect of e-learning – corporate trainers and those involved in online programs at secondary school or in virtual high schools.

Whether you are a lecturer, researcher, or program designer, this is an essential read. (20080404)