In the rapidly-changing world of the Internet and the Web theory and research struggle to keep up with technological social and economic developments. In education in particular a proliferation of novel practices applications and forms from bulletin boards to Webcasts from online educational games to open educational resources have come to be addressed under the rubric of e-learning. In response to these phenomena Re-thinking E-Learning Research introduces a number of research frameworks and methodologies relevant to e-learning. The book outlines methods for the analysis of content narrative genre discourse hermeneutic-phenomenological investigation and critical and historical inquiry. It provides examples of pairings of method and subject matter that include narrative research into the adaptation of blogs in a classroom setting; the discursive-psychological analysis of student conversations with artificially intelligent agents; a genre analysis of an online discussion; and a phenomenological study of online mathematics puzzles. Introducing practical applications and spanning a wide range of the possibilities for e-learning this book will be useful for students teachers and researchers in e-learning. Language: English