EJournal Volume 12-13 Number 1 Contents

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An electronic journal concerned with the implications
of electronic networks and texts

EJournal is a pioneering all-electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary academic journal published since 1991. We are especially interested in theory and practice surrounding the creation, transmission, storage, interpretation, alteration and replication of electronic "text," broadly defined. We are also interested in the broader social, psychological, literary, economic and pedagogical implications of computer-mediated networks.

Volume 12-13 Number 1 March 2003

In This Issue:

Editors' Foreword

Doug Brent and Joanna Richardson

Feature Article
Social Networking in the Online Classroom:
Foundations of Effective Online Learning

Robert Woods
Spring Arbor University
Samuel Ebersole
University of Southern Colorado

Abstract:

Successful online instructors understand the relationship between social
dynamics and cognitive learning in the online classroom. A positive social
dynamic can connect learners in meaningful ways, support knowledge
construction and extend collaborative learning opportunities. Online and
offline community-building strategies, if intentionally integrated into the
online classroom, can create social networks among learners that eventually
help instructors bridge the gap between the task (cognitive) and
interpersonal (social) dimensions of learning. Robert Woods and Samuel Ebersole present the idea of the "communal scaffold" as a way to conceptualize the process of social networking and offer practical guidelines for building a socially-connected online learning environment.

Announcement: Iadis WWW/Internet Conference

Announcement: EJournal forges links with the National Communication Association

Founding Editor
Ted Jennings, Emeritus, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Founding Advisory Board
Dick Lanham, University of California at Los Angeles	Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton
Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries	Joe Raben City, University of New York
Bob Scholes, Brown University	Harry Whitaker, University of Quebec at Montreal
Current Advisory Board
Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton	Charles Ess, Drury University
Frank E. X. Dance, University of Denver	Rob Kling, Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University
Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries
Editors
Doug Brent, University of Calgary	Joanna Richardson, Bond University
ISSN 1054-1055

EJournal receives financial and technical support from
the Learning Commons and the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary