E-learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice

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E-learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice

reviewed by Ruby Evans - 2004

Title: E-learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice
Author(s): D.R. Garrison and Terry Anderson
Publisher: Routledge/Falmer, New York
ISBN: 0415263468, Pages: 167, Year: 2003
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In the book�s preface, Garrison and Anderson assert that �the goal of �e-learning in the twenty-first century� is to provide a framework for understanding the application of e-learning in higher education� (p. xi).� The authors operationally define e-learning as those learning activities conducted through electronic means on-line.� The authors identify E-learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice as having broad audience appeal.� Primary audiences include �educators who wish to facilitate critical discourse and higher-order learning through the use of electronic technologies in a networked learning context� (p. xii), and �researchers, practitioners, and senior administrators in higher education who must guide the adoption in their institutions of this unique and rapidly proliferating technology� (p. xiv).� The book poses two major questions to readers.� First, Garrison and Anderson rhetorically query whether e-learning is to be used simply to enhance inherently deficient existing practices such as lecturing.� Secondly, they beg the question of whether or not technology has the potential to transform the educational transaction towards the ideal of... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 106 Number 8, 2004, p. 1661-1663
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11304, Date Accessed: 1/27/2021 2:24:00 AM

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Ruby Evans University of Central Florida E-mail Author RUBY EVANS is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Community College Specialization area in the College of Education at UCF. She teaches fully web-based and web-enhanced graduate courses in higher education and educational research and conducts research in the area of community colleges and online teaching and learning. Dr. Evans serves on a variety of editorial review panels for educational journals, conferences, and organizations.

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