Solutions and innovations in Web-based technologies for augmented learning improved platforms, tools, and applications /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Karacapilidis, Nikos.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Series: Advances in web-based learning series.
• Subjects: Education > Computer network resources.; Internet in education.; Organizational learning > Computer-assisted instruction.; Distance education.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book covers a wide range of the most current research in the development of innovative web-based learning solutions, specifically facilitating and augmenting learning in diverse contemporary organizational settings"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. The role of learner in an online community of inquiry : responding to the challenges of first-time online learners / Martha Cleveland-Innes, Randy Garrison, Ellen Kinsel
• 2. Students' attitudes toward process and product oriented online collaborative learning / Xinchun Wang
• 3. Cognition, technology, and performance : the role of course management systems / Teresa Lang, Dianne Hall
• 4. The role of organizational, environmental and human factors in e-learning diffusion / Kholerile L. Gwebu, Jing Wang
• 5. Distance education : satisfaction and success / Wm. Benjamin Martz, Jr., Morgan Shepherd
• 6. Group support systems as collaborative learning technologies : a meta-analysis / John Lin, Yin Ping Yang, Yingqin Zhong
• 7. Knowledge flow and learning design models towards lifewide e-learning environments / M.C. Pettenati, M.E. Cigognini
• 8. An agent-based framework for personalized e-learning services / Larbi Esmahi
• 9. Supporting evolution of knowledge artifacts in Web based learning environments / Dimitris Kotzinos, Giorgos Flouris, Yannis Tzitzikas, Dimitris Andreou, Vassilis Christophides
• 10. Interface and features for an automatic "C" program evaluation system / Amit Kumar Mandal, Chittaranjan Mandal, Chris Read
• 11. Evaluating computerized adaptive testing systems / Anastasios A. Economides, Chrysostomos Roupas
• 12. Technology integration practices within a socioeconomic context : implications for educational disparities and teacher preparation / Holim Song, Emiel Owens, Terry T. Kidd
• 13. Utilizing Web tools for computer-mediated communication to enhance team-based learning / Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber
• 14. Accessible e-learning : equal pedagogical opportunities for students with sensory limitations / Rakesh Babu, Vishal Midha
• 15. Supporting argumentative collaboration in communities of practice : the CoPe_it! approach / Nikos Karacapilidis, Manolis Tzagarakis
• 16. Personalization services for online collaboration and learning / Christina E. Evangelou, Manolis Tzagarakis, Nikos Karousos, George Gkotsis, Dora Nousia
• 17. Computer-aided personalised system of instruction for teaching mathematics in an online learning environment / Willem-Paul Brinkman, Andrew Rae, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
• 18. Social software for sustaining interaction, collaboration, and learning in communities of practice / Sandy el Helou, Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann, Yassin Rekik
• 19. Multimedia authoring for communities of teachers / Agnès Guerraz, Cécile Roisin, Jan Mikáč, Romain Deltour.