This volume explores new ideas about globalised virtual learning environments and in particular the implications for learners, teachers and institutions.

Robin Goodfellow is Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology at the Open University, UK.

List of Contributors \ Foreword Professor Mark Warschauer, University of California, Irvine, USA \ Introduction Robin Goodfellow and Marie-Noëlle Lamy \ 1. When the Solution Becomes the Problem: Cultures and Individuals As Obstacles to Online Learning Charles Ess \ 2. Identity, Gender, and Language in Synchronous Cybercultures: A Cross-Cultural Study Charlotte N. Gunawardena, Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Gayathri Jayatilleke and Fadwa Bouacharine \ 3. Entering the World of Online Foreign Language Education: Challenging and Developing Teacher Identities Robert O'Dowd \ 4. From Face-to-Face to Distance Learning: The Online Learner's Emerging Identity Christine Develotte \ 5. Being and Learning in the Online Classroom: Linguistic Practices and Ritual Text Acts Leah P. Macfadyen \ 6. Technology as a 'Cultural Player' in Online Learning Environments Anne Hewling \ 7. Trouble and Autoethnography in Assessment Genre: A Case for Postnational Design in Online Internationalized Pedagogy Catherine Doherty \ 8. New Learning Cultures: Identities, Media, and Networks Jay Lemke and Caspar van Helden \ Conclusion: New Directions for Research in Online Learning Cultures Robin Goodfellow and Marie-Noëlle Lamy \ References \ Internet References \ Author Index\ Special Index