In the rapidly-changing world of the Internet and the Web theory and research struggle to keep
up with technological social and economic developments. In education in particular a
proliferation of novel practices applications and forms - from bulletin boards to Webcasts
from online educational games to open educational resources - have come to be addressed under
the rubric of «e-learning». In response to these phenomena Re-thinking E-Learning Research
introduces a number of research frameworks and methodologies relevant to e-learning. The book
outlines methods for the analysis of content narrative genre discourse
hermeneutic-phenomenological investigation and critical and historical inquiry. It provides
examples of pairings of method and subject matter that include narrative research into the
adaptation of blogs in a classroom setting the discursive-psychological analysis of student
conversations with artificially intelligent agents a genre analysis of an online discussion
and a phenomenological study of online mathematics puzzles. Introducing practical applications
and spanning a wide range of the possibilities for e-learning this book will be useful for
students teachers and researchers in e-learning.
