The Sage Handbook of E‐learning Research

The most interactive thing in my grandfather's lessons at the beginning of the last century was to discuss the contents of the chalk board with his teacher. What a difference today! Now there exists a whole world of contexts and technologies working together in classrooms, lecture theatres and personal study. So pervasive is learning technology that the Dickensian glow of the midnight study is no more from the candle but the flat panel display of the student's own equipment. Yet the transition from learning copper‐plate hand‐writing to using Web 2.0 technology for essay collaboration has taken about a quarter of...