e-Learning Initiatives in China: Pedagogy, Policy and Culture

Contributors

Contributors xiii Contributors Sheena BANKS is an e-learning research associate in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield and has extensive international experience of e-learning research, innovation and implementation as an e-learning course developer, e-tutor, researcher and project coordinator. Eric BREWSTER works at the University of Cambridge Language Centre as a content developer and consultant for the CUTE Project. He also worked on the English at Your Fingertips projects and has been an EAP supervisor and instructor. Nicola CAVALERI coordinates the self-access area of the Language Centre at the University of Cambridge and manages the Centre’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. She was project manager for the Cambridge University CUTE Project team. CHEN Zehang is a lecturer in the English Department, School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Beijing Normal University, China. She is currently completing a PhD in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, exploring issues related to the design of online teacher training materials. Gráinne CONOLE is professor of e-learning at the Open University, UK, researching the use, integration and evaluation of e-learning and its impact on organizational change (see http://iet.open.ac.uk/pp/g.c.conole/ for further details). Lindsay COOPER is a member of the Centre for the Study of Human Relations at the University of Nottingham. He teaches on counselling programmes and is particularly interested in the way educators can use counselling skills in their everyday life and work. xiv Contributors Martin DYKE is a senior lecturer in post-compulsory education and training in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK. His research interests include innovations in learning and teaching, the sociology of education, lifelong learning, widening participation and the use of digital technologies to support learning. Gillian FORRESTER is a research associate in the Centre for Equity in Education at the School of Education, University of Manchester, UK. She co-ordinated the collaborative instructional design for the DEFT Project for the eChina-UK Programme. Sue GOLDRICK is a research associate in the Centre for Equity in Education at the School of Education, University of Manchester, UK. She co-ordinated the collaborative instructional design for the DEFT Project for the e-china-UK Programme. GU Yueguo, MA, PhD (Lancaster University), is a research professor and the head of the Contemporary Linguistics Department in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also the executive dean of the Beiwai Institute of Online Education. His research interests include pragmatics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, rhetoric and online education. Carol HALL is professor of human relations and head of the School of Education and Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Relations at the University of Nottingham. She has published widely in the field of human relations, counselling and experiential learning. Eric HALL, a chartered counselling psychologist, was formerly a senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and now works as an independent consultant in the area of human relations, with a specific interest in experiential learning and the use of imagery in education and psychotherapy. HUANG Ronghuai is dean of the School of Educational Technology and director of the Centre for Knowledge Engineering at Beijing Normal University, China. His research focuses on e-learning, computer supported co-operative learning and artificial intelligence in education. JIANG Xin is a PhD candidate from the School of Educational Technology at Beijing Normal University, specializing in educational informationization and knowledge assets. Gordon JOYES is an associate professor in e-learning at the University of Nottingham. He is an accomplished director of international e-learning projects involving both research and innovation, and is an experienced online course developer and tutor. KANG Feiyu is a full professor in the Department of Material Science and Engineering, and a vice-provost in Tsinghua University. His specialization is carbon material, e-learning, teaching evaluation and alleviation of poverty. Contributors xv Vic LALLY is a senior lecturer in education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has directed and co-directed many e-learning research projects, and has published extensively in the fields of e-learning, education, and science education. His main research interests include human learning, its ‘design’, philosophy and ethics, as well as the cultural and political contexts of learning. Anny KING is the executive director of the Language Centre at the University of Cambridge. She initiated...