Starr Roxanne Hiltz

Murray Turoff

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Linda Marie Harasim

Lucio Teles

The field; Learning networks: an introduction; Networks for schools: exemplars and experiences; Networks for higher education, training, and informal learning: exemplares and experiences; The guide; Designs for learning networks; Getting started: the implementation process; Teaching online; Learning online; Problems in paradise: expect the best, prepare for the worst; The future; New directions; Network learning: a paradign for the twenty-first century; Epilogue: email from the future; Appendixes; Indice.

A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online

Learning Networks

This groundbreaking volume offers a comprehensive introduction to educational computer-mediated communication (CMC) by presenting theoretical frameworks, design paradigms, and research methodologies for analyzing and shaping this new field of educational activity. The contributors provide a range of perspectives and approaches for understanding the educational applications of such innovations as electronic mail and computer conferencing networks and provide an extensive bibliography to assist those working on educational CMC.

Perspectives on a New Environment

Online Education

Essays describe the nature and characteristics of world-wide computer networks, consider the issues which they raise, discuss various applications, and suggest future developments

Linda Marie Harasim

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