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Table of Contents

Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Exploring Active Learning Theories, Practices,

and Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. Defining Active Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3. A Historical View of Active Learning . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Active Learning and Authentic Learning . . . . . . 8

A. What is authentic learning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

B. Connecting active learning and

authentic learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

5. Action Research and Active Learning . . . . . . . . .10

A. What is action research? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

B. Connecting active learning

and action research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

C. Active learning studies using

action research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

D. Concerns about active learning . . . . . . . . . . .12

6. Evaluative Active Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

A. What is evaluative active learning? . . . . . . . .13

B. Peer Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

C. Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) . . .13

D. Instructor evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

7. Active Learning in Communication Studies . . . .14

8. Active Learning in the Online Classroom . . . . . .16

A. An overview of authentic learning

in the online classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

B. Elements of active learning

in the online classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

C. Learnertolearner

interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

D. Learnertoinstructor

interaction . . . . . . . . . .18

E. Measuring online learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

9. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Refrences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Briefly Noted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

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