International Research Conference, Lancaster UK, 10-12th April 2006

Conference Proceedings

Papers - All Papers are available on a USB Memory Stick.

First Author Name
Barbara Allan University of Hull	Four Years On: a Longitudinal Study Assessing the Impact of Membership of a Virtual Community of Practice.
Jenny Anastasi Central Queensland University	Are They too Old to Learn? Exploring the Barriers to Using Weblogs in Demystifying the Information Literacy Experience for Mature Age Undergraduate Students
Mireia Asensio Lancaster University	Developing an Inclusive Approach to the Evaluation of Networked Learning: the ELAC Experience
Sian Bayne University of Edinburgh	Networked Learning with Digital Texts
Alice Bird Liverpool John Moore University	Change in Collaboration over Time: A Specific Case in a Student Work Placement Scenario
Nina Bonderup Dohn University of Southern Denmark	Affordances in ICT-settings - a Merleau-Pontian Account
Norrie Brown Napier University	Looking for Evidence of Deep Learning in Constructively Aligned Online Discussions
Urban Carlén Gothenburg university	Swedish School Leaders Go Online
Gráinne Conole University of Southampton	The role of 'mediating forms of representation' in Learning Design.
Gráinne Conole University of Southampton	What can we Learn from the Demise of the UkeU? Evaluation of the Lessons Learnt
John Cook London Metropolitan University	Blending Formal and Informal Learning within an International Learning Network
Julian Cook University of Bristol	Imaginary Selves and Shifting Signifiers: What's Really Going on in an Online Chat Classroom?
Stephen Corich Eastern Institute of Technology	Measuring Critical Thinking within Discussion Forums using a Computerised Content Analysis Tool
Linda Creanor Glasgow Caladonian University	The Learner's Voice: a Focus on the e-learner Experience
Charles Crook University of Nottingham	Chinese eLearners eLearning
Lucilla Crosta Lancaster University	Action research and the Learning Community: New Implications for Online Adult Education
Hilary Dexter University of Manchester	Managing Student Support: A Holistic Approach
Günther Dippe Göteborg University	The Missing Teacher: Contradictions and Conflicts in the Experience of Online Learners
Martin Dyke University of Southampton	Findings from the Evaluation of the UK/Sino eChina initiative
Isobel Falconer University of Dundee	Mediating Between, Services and Learning Activities - the User Perspective
Amal Gouda Open University	The Impact of Using a Distance Learning Network on Building Teachers' Communities of Practice in Egypt.
Michael Hammond The University of Warwick	Blogging Within Formal and Informal Learning Contexts: Where are the Opportunities and Constraints?
Judith Harding Middlesex University	Cabinets of Curiosity: Fear and Metaphor in Cyberspace
Debbie Holley London Metropolitan University CETL team	Elements of Expectancy: Incorporating the Student Voice in the Online Design process
Sylvana Kroop University of Vienna	A Cooperative Way to Learn "Comprehensible Writing"
Simone Kruger Edge Hill College of Higher Education	Students' Experiences of e-learning: a Virtual Ethnography into a MA Distance Learning Module
Ray Land University of Strathclyde	Networked Learning and the Politics of Speed: a Dromological Perspective
Wassila Mehanna University of Cambridge	Using Mixed Methods in the Evaluation of Online Discussions
Barbara Newland Bournemouth University	Networked Personal Development Planning in Support of Lifelong Learning in the Creative Industries
Tom Nyvang Aalborg University	Implementation of ICT in Higher Education as Interacting Activity Systems
Marisa Ponti IT-university of Gothenburg	Networked Management Learning for Managers of Small and Medium Enterprises
Ines Puntschart Know-Center & Graz University of Technology	Online Communities and the "un"-importance of e-moderators
Anne Rasmussen University of Southern Denmark	Interaction in Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) - an Ethical Perspective
Symeon Retalis University of Piraeus	Towards Networked Learning Analytics - A Concept and a Tool
Andrew Sackville Edge Hill	Styles of Discussion? Online Facilitation Factors
Christine Smith Lancaster University	Incorporating e-learning into a Local Government Authority Context: Evaluating Developers' Perspectives on the Learning Ladder Project
Demosthenes Stamatis Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki	Networked Academic Societies in Collaborative Development of e-Learning Courses
Jean-Anne Stewart Henley Management College	Engaging SMEs in an eLearning Programme
Steve Walker Leeds Metropolitan University	Networked Learning and Social Action: a Social Informatics Perspective
Birgit Weyer Weyer und Hansen	The Postgraduate Learning Experience: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Student Satisfaction and Degree Completion
Casey Wilson Lancaster University	E-Learning in Practice - Developing the Leadership Learning Environment
Jianhua Zhao Lancaster University	The Differences of Group learning in the Classroom-based and Web-based Settings: Factor Analysis
Laura Zurita Aalborg University	Learning in Multicultural Environments: Learners as Co-designers

Symposia

Name	Title
Chris Jones Open University	Symposium 1: Relations in Networks and Networked Learning
Carol Higgison University of Bradford	Symposium 2: Enhancing Learner Progression (ELP) - Understanding the Learners' Perspectives
Helen Spencer-Oatey University of Cambridge	Symposium 3: Culture and eLearning Design: Insights from the eChina~UK Programme
Sue Morón-García University College Worcester	Symposium 4: Repositories for Teaching Materials and Learning Objects: Enablers and Barriers to Use
Janet Macdonald Open University in Scotland	Symposium 5: Exploiting Online Networks and Shared Repositories to Support the Professional Development of Distance Tutors: Introducing the PROWE Project
Philip Watland Lancaster University	Symposium 6: Researching Networked Learning: Diversity and Uniformity
Frances Deepwell Coventry University	Symposium 7: Where's the "I" in Communities of Inquiry?
Shirley Booth Lund University	Symposium 8: Research into Learning in Networked Outreach Initiatives
Ilse Schrittesser University of Vienna	Symposium 9: Conceptual Design, Extended Action Research, Team Building and Virtual Learning Environments

Posters

Name	Title
Tony Greenwood St Martin's College	A Small Multi-site Higher Education Institution Managing Change in its e-learning Culture
Karen Lee University of Dundee	An Evaluation of Electronic and Paper Distance learning packages for Practice-based Healthcare Staff