Assessing learners through the WWW
WWW7 Proceedings of the seventh international conference on World Wide Web 7
Steps Across the Border –Cooperation, Knowledge Production and SystemsDesign
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Activity Theory and System Design: A View from the Trenches
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
NetWORKers and their Activity in IntensionalNetworks
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Activity Theory and Distributed Cognition: Or What Does CSCW Need to DO with Theories?
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
HICSS '07 Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design
Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design
A distributed system for learning programming on-line
Computers & Education
Reconsidering assessment in online/hybrid courses: Knowing versus learning
Computers & Education
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Due to increasing demand for education and training in the information age, online learning and teaching is becoming a necessity in our future. However, lack of research goals to understand impact of online learning environments on students is a problem in research on online learning environments. We identified four main research goals to pursue in online learning environments based on their impact on learner achievement, engagement, and retention (opposite of attrition). Those goals are (a) enhancing learner engagement & collaboration, (b) promoting effective facilitation, (c) developing assessment techniques, and (d) designing faculty development programs. Current promising work in those areas is presented. Four methods that are common in the instructional technology literature are recommended to pursue those goals. Formative research and developmental research are relevant for all four. Although appropriate for any of the goals, experimental research is a better fit for goals b and c, and activity theory is useful for goals a and b.