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Zehra Akyol is a doctoral student and research assistant in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Her research and interest focus on distance education; social, cultural and cognitive aspects of distance teaching and learning, new learning environments for distance education, and cultural aspects of technology applications in education. Matthias Bärwolff has been working as a research assistant at Technische Universität Berlin since he completed his master’s thesis at Bournemouth University, UK. His current research focus lies with the diverse subject fields related to open source, network, and Internet economics as well as institutional economics. Aside from this, Matthias is editor of the Open Source Jahrbuch series, a German language comprehensive annual overview of current dynamics and trends in open source, open access, and other related fields. Hands-on experience in diverse computer science matters and Web design complement his academic background. Josianne Basque, PhD in Psychology, is a professor in Educational Technology at the Télé-université, which is a French-Canadian distance education university associated with the University of Québec in Montreal. She has designed many web-based courses in the field of instructional design, cognitive science and learning, and computer-based learning. She is also a researcher at the LICEF Research Center (Laboratory of Cognitive Informatics and Training Environments) at Télé-université. Her research interests include distance education, computer-supported co-construction of knowledge, self-regulation of learning and knowledge modeling techniques for learning, knowledge management and instructional design. For more information, visit www.teluq.uqam.ca/~jbasque. Curt Bonk received his master’s and PhD degrees in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin. He is professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University and adjunct in the School of Informatics. He has received the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association, the Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association, and the Most Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program Award from the State of Indiana. Curt has given hundreds of talks around the globe related to online teaching and learning. In addition, he has nearly 200 publications on topics such as online learning pedagogy, massive multiplayer online gaming, wikibooks, blogging, open source software, collaborative technologies, and synchronous and asynchronous computer conferencing. His “Handbook of Blended Learning Environments: Global Perspectives, Local Designs,” was published by Pfeiffer in 2006. Curt

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is President of CourseShare and SurveyShare (see http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/; e-mail: cjbonk@ indiana.edu). Jeanette Bopry is an Assistant Professor in Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. She is also the faculty researcher in Learning Sciences Lab. Jeanette received her doctoral degree in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. She is affiliated with the American Society for Cybernetics, the International Society for the Systems Sciences, the Semiotic Society of America, and the International Semiotics Institute. She is Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Cybernetics and Human Knowing, and has coedited three books. Guillaume Cabanac is a PhD candidate in computer science at the University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse III. He conducts research within the Toulouse Computing Research Laboratory (IRIT - UMR 5505). It concerns information systems; he currently works on digital document-related activities, especially annotation. Jengchung V. Chen, PhD, is an assistant professor of the Institute of Telecommunications Management at National Cheng Kung University. His research interests are information ethics, information assurance, and electronic commerce. He has 20 articles published/accepted in refereed journals in these fields. Dr. Chen is the director of Digital Convergence Management Research Center. Max Chevalier is associate professor in computer science at the University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse III. His research addresses user-centered approaches in information systems like personalization, visual information retrieval interface, social computing. He conducts research on these topics within the Toulouse Computing Research Laboratory (IRIT - UMR 5505). Claude Chrisment is currently professor of computer science at the University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse III. He is also codirector of the Toulouse Computing Research Laboratory (IRIT - UMR 5505). He serves as the head of the Generalized Information Systems (SIG) research team. His research addresses different aspects of Information Systems like databases. Donald J. Cunningham, PhD is Barbara Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology and a member of the faculties of Education, Cognitive Science, Semiotic Studies and Informatics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He was the Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology from January 2000 to December 2002 and Director of the Center for Applied Semiotics from September 1998 to August 2004. He teaches graduate courses and seminars in the learning, cognition, and instruction program in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, and is a founding member of the new PhD program in Learning Science. During the 1990-1991 academic year he was Garfield Weston Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster at Coleraine, where he collaborated with the Language Development and Hypermedia Research Group. From May of 1992 to August of 1994, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Learning, Development and Communication at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia where he founded the Centre for Research into the Educational Application of Multimedia. He pursues an active program of research and development in computer-mediated instruction, and is a leading contributor to the development of semiotic/constructivist theories of learning and instruction. 

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Marc (Jung-Whan) de Jong is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Southern California. He is currently working on his dissertation, which examines the influences of gender and sexuality on racialization processes in the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom post 9/11. His research interests center on the impact of new media technologies (especially the Internet) on social diversity and political activism; representations of minority groups in mass media; moral panics; constructions of crime and morality; and gender and violence. Because of his multicultural upbringing and academic background (he received degrees from the Universities of Amsterdam and London), Marc’s research focus tends to be global in perspective. Orhan Erden was born in Ankara in 1969. He graduated from the Industrial Technology Education Department of the Faculty of Industrial Arts Education, Gazi University in 1991. He completed his master’s degree in 1996 and his doctorate degree in 2001 on Industrial Technology Education Institute of Science, at Gazi University. He served as teacher during the period 1991-1996. During 1996-2001 he served as research assistant in the Industrial Technology Education Department of Gazi University and as of the year 2002, he began to work as a lecturer in the same department. He is married and has two children. Benjamin E. Erlandson is currently a doctoral student in the educational technology program at Arizona State University. His research focuses upon cognitive theories of multimedia learning, factors of learner motivation, and principles of design for a multitude of virtual learning environments. He hopes to apply all of his findings toward the improvement of informal learning environments and opportunities for lifelong learning. His academic background centers upon the design, production, and theories of multimedia, as he holds both baccalaureate and master’s degrees in the multimedia arts and sciences. In addition to his academic pursuits, including teaching several university courses in the past few years, he has an extensive background in production and consulting work with several institutions, including the Boston Medical Center and the Library of Congress. Kay Fielden is an associate professor in Computing in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. She is also the research leader for the school, mentors staff research, supervises postgraduate students and teaches postgraduate research methods. Her own research interests are grounded in qualitative research and systems thinking. noriko Hara, PhD, is an assistant professor of Information Science in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. In addition, she is the codirector of the new Graduate Certificate in Information Architecture (GCIA) program. Her work is primarily in Social Informatics. Her focus is on communities of practice, knowledge management, online learning, and edemocracy. In addition, she is also a fellow of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics. She served the ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology) Special Interest Group on Social Informatics (SIG-SI) as a cochair. Jean Hebert is a doctoral candidate and a researcher in the School of Communications at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, where he researches online music with the Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology.

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Val Hooper has been lecturing for nearly two decades in diverse areas including Information Systems Management; Electronic commerce; Brand Management; Economics; Strategic Management; Marketing Management; and Research Methodology. In 2004 she was awarded the Victoria University of Wellington Teaching Excellence Award. She has also practised widely as a management and specialist consultant in both developed and developing countries, with clients emanating from a range of industries including industrial engineering, agricultural engineering, a university consortium, a national health research council, and the tobacco industry. Val obtained her PhD in Information Systems from Victoria University, and her current research focuses on the strategic alignment between IS and marketing, and the impact of that alignment on marketing performance and business performance. Further research interests include all areas pertaining to the strategic application of IS to business performance, to ecommerce, and to m-commerce. Yavuz Inal is a doctoral student and research assistant in the Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. His research and interests focus on game-based learning, cross-cultural aspects of computer games, flow experiences, ideological frameworks in games, localization of games, avatars in game-like learning environments, and new media use for societies. Web address: http://www.metu.edu.tr/~yinal/ Christine Julien is assistant professor in computer science at the University of Toulouse 3 (France) since 1989, and carries out her research at the Toulouse Computing Research Laboratory (IRIT - UMR 5505). She initially worked in document engineering and particularly in structured documents and hypertext documents. Her current works are oriented on personalized information access on the Web using social approaches. Mike Johnson has enjoyed 10 years supporting staff and students use of ICT at Cardiff University, where he has been a lecturer in Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2001. In 2006 he gained an MSc in Advanced Learning Technology with the renowned Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology, Lancaster University (England). He has reviewed articles and books for the British Journal of Educational Technology since 2003. Research interests include learning technology, networked learning, *non-use* of information technology, computer-mediated communication, and Activity Theory. Peter Jones, RMN, RGN, CPN(Cert.), BA(Hons), PGCE, PG(Dip.) COPE – has worked in the UK within mental health nursing services for the NHS since 1977. Based in the NW of England, his training includes mental health and general nursing, community mental health, and specialist therapy interventions using cognitive and psychosocial therapies. Since the early 1980s an interest in informatics saw the production of several computer-aided learning packages. In the mid-1990s this interest was formally recognised with a BA (Hons.) in computing and philosophy. Independent studies during the past decade have sought to publicize Hodges’ model, a conceptual framework to communities beyond health and social care. This effort is ongoing through a Web site, blog, and the chapter to be found in this volume. A further chapter is in preparation on Hodges’ model and sociotechnical structures. Peter is married to Christine; they have three children Daniel, Matthew, and Bethany. Robin Kay has published over 30 articles in the area of computers in education, presented numerous papers at 15 international conferences, is a reviewer for five prominent computer education journals, and



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has taught computers, mathematics, and technology for over 18 years at the high school, college, and university level. Current projects include research on laptop use in teacher education, learning objects, audience response systems, gender differences in computer-related behaviour, discussion-board use, emotions and the use of computers, and factors that influence how students learn with technology. He completed his PhD in Cognitive Science (Educational Psychology) at the University of Toronto, where he also earned his master’s degree in Computer Applications in Education. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada. Christine Kell is Postgraduate Researcher and General Practitioner in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. Patricia Randolph Leigh is associate professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Iowa State University and is affiliated with the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching (CTLT) within the College of Human Sciences. Dr. Leigh teaches courses in instructional technology, educational foundations, curriculum theory, and multicultural education. Her research scholarship focuses on the equality of educational opportunities afforded underserved children as she examines, from an historical perspective, the impact of economic discrimination and residential segregation upon their public schooling. Within her investigations, Dr. Leigh also explores issues of technology and digital equity and the use of technology to promote multicultural and culturally relevant pedagogy. Meng-Fen Grace Lin is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Houston. She has degrees in Management Information System and Computer Science, and has worked in the computer industry prior to obtaining her EdD in Instructional Technology. She currently is an adjunct lecturer at both the University of Houston in Houston, Texas and National Taitung University, Taiwan. Her research interests include online community, open education resources (OER), and social learning theories. Her e-mail address is [email protected]. Robin Mason is professor of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. Her work spans teaching, research, and scholarship in the area of e-learning, including online and distance education. She is coauthor of Elearning: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2006), The Educational Potential of e-Portfolios: Supporting Personal Development and Reflective Learning (Routledge, 2007), and The e-Learning Handbook: Social Networking for Education (Routledge, forthcoming). She is the leader of several European Union-funded projects with universities in developing countries using open content to produce locally appropriate course material. Maggie McPherson is a senior lecturer MA ICT in Education and member of ICT in Education Research Group at the University of Leeds. Her research interests e-Learning, IT/IS Management, and e-Society/eGovernment issues. Sanjaya Mishra holds a PhD in library and information science in the area of library networks. He has been a teacher of communication technology to distance educators. He has been involved in successful implementation of many multimedia and Internet-based courses. With professional training in distance education, television production, and multimedia, he is actively involved in collaboration



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at international level. At present, he is reader in distance education at the staff training and research institute of distance education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He also served (2001-2003) the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia at New Delhi as a program officer, where he conducted a number of workshops on “multimedia” and “e-learning” in the Asian region. He has served as consultant to UNESCO, UN-ESCAP, World Bank, and the Commonwealth of Learning. He was book review editor of Indian Journal of Open Learning from 1997-2000 Julia nevárez obtained her PhD in Environmental Psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is Assistant Professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Kean University, New Jersey. She has been past Chair of the Environmental Design Research Association and Cochair of the Faculty Seminar at Kean University. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on urban space and globalization, public space, and technoculture. More specifically, she is interested in the transformations of urban space, urban development, and technology that affect social relations in the city. Her most recent publications analyze the aesthetics of order in Central Park, NY; the social content of urban screens in Times Square as part of the urban development initiatives implemented there; and agoraphobia as an urban condition examined through the conceptualization of Bachelard’s “felicitous space.” She is currently working as editor of the book “On global grounds: Urban change and globalization.” Miguel Baptista Nunes, PhD, is a Lecturer in Information Management in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Information Systems, Instructional Systems Design, Database Design, and Information Management. Mary Panko directs a professional development programme at UNITEC Institute of Technology - the Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, which is designed to develop effective and critically reflective practitioners from a variety of adult and tertiary settings. Her research has focussed on individuals’ teaching perspectives, particularly in online environments. Her previous experience ranges from training leader in the tertiary education, lecturing to coordinating the Interactive Learning Centre at the Robert Gordon University. Mary is member of Editorial Board of Journal of Distant Learning. In 1998 she received the British Council Award. Maja Pivec, PhD, is professor of Game Based Learning and Learning with Multimedia at the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM in Graz, Austria. For her research achievements, Maja Pivec received, in the year 2001, Herta Firnberg Award (Austria) in the field of computer science. In 2003 she was awarded by European Science Foundation in the form of a grant for an interdisciplinary workshop organisation in the field of affective and emotional aspects of human-computer interaction, with emphasis on game-based learning and innovative learning approaches. She is coordinator, scientific leader, or partner in several EU or national-founded projects. She is editor and coeditor of two book publications in the area of innovative learning approaches. She is guest editor of British Journal of Educational Technology, Special issue on learning from games, May 2007. Her research work is published and presented at more than 70 international conferences and publications. Kevin Quigley is an assistant professor at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship from the Economic and Social Research Council at the



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University of Edinburgh. His areas of expertise include public sector risk management, critical infrastructure protection, and comparative public administration. His research specializes in public sector risk and crisis management, strategic management, and critical infrastructure protection. He is particularly interested in research methods that employ interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. Frank Rennie is the Head of Research and Post-graduate Development at Lews Castle College, and Course Leader of the MSc in Managing Sustainable Rural Development at the UHI Millennium Institute in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. His research interests lie in the general areas of rural and community development, especially in community-based approaches to integrated sustainable development. Recent work has been on new approaches to online education and distributed learning on and in rural communities. He is an advisor to several government programs and committees and is a Fellow of a number of learned societies. Frank has been involved in developing and delivering various combinations of distributed learning solutions (with a particular emphasis on networked solutions for rural areas) with colleges and university partners in Europe, Amazonia, Asia, and New Zealand. He has published a wide range of materials related to rural issues and is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences. For further details see http://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/Research/StafRec1.htm. Suthiporn Sajjapanroj is a doctoral student in curriculum studies with a minor in inquiry methodology at Indiana University. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration with finance major and master’s degree in Computers and Engineering Management from her home country of Thailand. She received the Outstanding Performance Honor in the completion of her master’s subjects. Before pursuing her study in PhD, Suthiporn worked as an academic staff in the Institution for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, Thailand. She also has diverse work experience in banking systems, human resource management, and software training. She is now working on her dissertation. Her current research interests are student collaboration, teacher professional development, emerging technologies, and learning in a sociocultural context. She can be reached at [email protected]. John Sandars is a senior lecturer in Community Based and Medical Education. His research interest is in e-learning, especially the use of newer technologies, such as blogs and podcasting, to enhance the student learning experience. He is particularly interested in online networks that link healthcare professionals. He has published extensively in the areas of elearning Pnina Shachaf is an assistant professor of Library and Information Science in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Indiana University, Bloomington (IUB). Her research areas focus on computer-mediated communication, international and comparative librarianship, ethics, and evaluation of library services. Ramesh Sharma holds a PhD in Education in the area of Educational Technology and is currently working as Regional Director in Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He has been a teacher trainer and has taught Educational Technology, Educational Research and Statistics, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Special Education, Psychodynamics of Mental Health Courses. He has conducted many Human Development training programmes for the in- and preservice teachers. He had established a Centre of ICT in the College he was working. He is a member of many committees on implementation of technology in the Open University. His areas of specialization include staff develop-



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ment, online learning, student support services in open and distance learning, and teacher education. He is a member of Advisory Group meeting on Human Resources Development for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He is the coeditor of Asian Journal of Distance Education (http://www.ASIANJDE.org). In addition to these, he is/has been on the Editorial Advisory Board of International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, online journal published by Athabasca University, Canada, http://www.irrodl.org, and Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education published by Anadolu University, Turkey (http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr). He was on the Editorial Advisory Board of Distance Education (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/01587919.html ); Indian Journal of Open Learning published by IGNOU. He has coauthored a book on distance education research, coedited a book entitled Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training and Cases on Global ELearning Practices: Successes and Pitfalls (both from Idea Group, USA). He is also an Advisory Board Member and author for the Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (four-volume set) released by Idea Group Publishing. (www.igi-global.com) Christine Simard holds a diploma ininformation technology and computer-based learning environments. She is an Education Specialist at the Télé-université. She has worked with organizations such as Reitmans Canada, Loblaws, BBM (Broadcast Bureau of Measurement) and La Puce – a non-profit community training organization. Chantal Soule-Dupuy received the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Toulouse 3 (France) in 1990. She is currently Professor of computer science at the University of Toulouse 1 and serves as the head of the Department of Computer Science (since November 2003). Her recent research addresses information modeling and retrieval in digital libraries, personalized, and social search. She conducts and supervises research on these topics within the Toulouse Computing Research Laboratory (IRIT - UMR 5505). J. Michael Tarn is an associate professor of the Department of Business Information Systems at Western Michigan University. Dr. Tarn’s areas of expertise include network security, data communication management, Internet research, integrative systems design, international MIS, decision support systems, client-server database design, business forecasting, and critical systems management. He has published over 60 research articles in refereed journals, book chapters, and refereed conference proceedings in these areas. Dr. Tarn is the coordinator of Telecommunications & Information Management (TIM) Program. Richard Taylor is a PhD candidate at the University of Houston. Before entering academia, he spent over 15 years in the business industry working as a systems engineer and a technology executive. He has been a frequent speaker at conferences, primarily in the financial services industry, presenting lectures on topics such as information security, technology ethics, and e-commerce. His academic work can be seen in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Proceedings of American Conference for Information Systems, and Proceeding of the International Conference for Information Systems. Upon completion of his doctorate, he plans to continue his career in academia, focusing his teaching and research efforts on information security and technology ethics.



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Pascaline Tchienehom received the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Toulouse I in 2006. Her research addresses user and information modeling via an interoperable and flexible profile. She applies her work in the information retrieval field. Filifotu Vaai was born in Samoa, on January 17th, 1984. After growing up in Samoa, she graduated in December, 2004 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA) with majors in Electronic Commerce and Commercial Law. In May 2005 she graduated with a BCA with Honours in Information Systems. Since May 2005, Filifotu has worked as a business analyst for SamoaTel, the largest telecommunications provider in Samoa. Her research interests include information systems in small businesses in the South Pacific, telecommunications policy in the Pacific, and trust in virtual teams. She is currently studying for her Master’s in Communications, with a focus in Telecommunications at the University of Hawaii under a research scholarship from the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. An avid sportwoman, Filifotu has represented Samoa in netball, and enjoys rugby, swimming, and Polynesian dance.