IDEALS Collection: GSLIS Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship http://hdl.handle.net/2142/152 Articles, papers, and other research and scholarship from GSLIS faculty and staff The Collection's search engine Search the Channel search https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/simple-search Introduction to e-learning research http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8974 Title: Introduction to e-learning research <br/> <br/>Authors: Andrews, Richard; Haythornthwaite, Caroline <br/> <br/>Abstract / Summary: This chapter is the Introduction to the Sage Handbook of E-Learning Research (2007), edited by Richard Andrews and Caroline Haythornthwaite. The introduction, written by the editors, is a substantial work that addresses definitional issues about e-learning research; it begins with an exploration of the “e” and “learning” components in e-learning, and continues with theoretical and methodological issues, and a model and discussion of co-evolutionary processes of technology and learning. The publication of the Handbook marks a significant point in studies in e-learning. Although there has been considerable development in teaching and learning, as well as in learning design, there is as yet no coherent view of what constitutes research in the field nor of how best to undertake it. The volume this introduction begins contains state-of-the-art chapters by leading e-learning researchers which takes stock of progress in e-learning research, addressing a range of issues from student experience to policy and provides a foundation for further research and development. <br/> <br/>Keywords: e-learning; elearning; online learning; education; literacy; rhetoric; social informatics Social Informatics of Elearning http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8959 Title: Social Informatics of Elearning <br/> <br/>Authors: Haythornthwaite, Caroline A. <br/> <br/>Abstract / Summary: This paper presents the background, arguments and examples to support a social informatics of elearning. In more than 25 years of studies of information and communication technology, social informatics draws our attention to how technologies work in practice and in context. Extending the principles of social informatics to elearning requires attention to the history of IT implementation to identify parallels between IT and elearning development, and to use these to produce a foundation for educational informatics. These parallels suggest the usefulness of approaching elearning as an IT implementation, and learning from past experiences with large-scale IT change. Yet the case has not been made. Although a necessary and important component of elearning as a whole, as we have seen in the implementation of computer systems, lack of attention to social and technological impacts, and their co-evolution, leave us at a disadvantage for understanding organizational and institutional transformation. Thus, it is important to learn from IT development to inform elearning development. <br/> <br/>Keywords: elearning; social informatics; online learning; e-learning; learning Swapping Tales and Stealing Stories: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Folklore in Children's Literature http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8233 Title: Swapping Tales and Stealing Stories: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Folklore in Children's Literature <br/> <br/>Authors: Hearne, Betsy <br/> <br/>Keywords: Folklore.; Oral history.; Material culture.; Storytelling.; Library science. The Benton Report: A Response http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8141 Title: The Benton Report: A Response <br/> <br/>Authors: Estabrook, Leigh S. <br/> <br/>Keywords: Library surveys.; Public libraries United States Public opinion.; Libraries and community United States.; Public opinion United States. Information Work at the Boundaries of Science: Linking Library Services to Research Practices http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8089 Title: Information Work at the Boundaries of Science: Linking Library Services to Research Practices <br/> <br/>Authors: Palmer, Carole L. <br/> <br/>Keywords: Reference services (Libraries); Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.; Interdisciplinary research. Introduction to Library Trends 45 (2) Fall 1996: Navigating Among the Disciplines: The Library and Interdisciplinary Inquiry: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8080 Title: Introduction to Library Trends 45 (2) Fall 1996: Navigating Among the Disciplines: The Library and Interdisciplinary Inquiry: <br/> <br/>Authors: Palmer, Carole L. <br/> <br/>Keywords: Reference services (Libraries); Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.; Interdisciplinary research. Women of ALA Youth Services and Professional Jurisdiction: Of Nightingales, Newberies, Realism, and the Right Books, 1937-1945 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8058 Title: Women of ALA Youth Services and Professional Jurisdiction: Of Nightingales, Newberies, Realism, and the Right Books, 1937-1945 <br/> <br/>Authors: Jenkins, Christine A. <br/> <br/>Keywords: Young adult services librarians United States.; Women librarians United States. Margaret K. McElderry and the Professional Matriarchy of Children's Books http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8053 Title: Margaret K. McElderry and the Professional Matriarchy of Children's Books <br/> <br/>Authors: Hearne, Betsy <br/> <br/>Keywords: Young adult services librarians United States.; Women librarians United States. Scholarly Journals on the Net: A Reader's Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/2142/7996 Title: Scholarly Journals on the Net: A Reader's Assessment <br/> <br/>Authors: Bishop, Ann Peterson <br/> <br/>Keywords: Electronic publishing.; Scholarly publishing. The Role of Computer Networks in Aerospace Engineering http://hdl.handle.net/2142/7926 Title: The Role of Computer Networks in Aerospace Engineering <br/> <br/>Authors: Bishop, Ann Peterson <br/> <br/>Keywords: Internet.; Library information networks United States.