- Linda Harasim
Linda Harasim is a Professor of Communication, Faculty of Applied Sciences, at
Simon Fraser University inBurnaby, British Columbia . She holds a B.A. and M.A. from theUniversity of Alberta , and a Ph.D. in educational theory from theUniversity of Toronto .She has been active for over a decade in researching educational applications of
computer networking . She has designed, implemented, and evaluated networking applications in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America. She is also leading the Virtual-U Project, one of the first networked multimedia learning systems in the world that is customized for course delivery and course enhancement at all levels of education.Publications
Books
*Harasim, L., Hiltz, R., Teles, L., and Turoff, M. Learning Networks: A Field Guide to Teaching & Learning Online. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995.
*Harasim, Linda. (Ed.). Global Networks: Computers and Communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993.
*Harasim, Linda. (Ed.). Online Education: Perspectives on a New Environment. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990.
*Harasim, Linda and Johnson, E. Marcia. Educational applications of computer networks. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Education Press, 1986.Refereed Articles
**Harasim, Linda. Shift Happens: Online Education as a New Paradigm in Learning,Internet and Higher Education: Special Issue. UK: Elsevier Science 3 (2000): 41-61.
**Harasim, Linda. Computer Networking for Education.In T. Husen, and T.N. Postlethwaite, (Eds.). The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition. Oxford, U.K: Pergamon Press, 1994.
**Riel, M. and Harasim, L. Research Perspectives on Network Learning Environments. Journal of Man-Machine Learning, 4(2&3), 91-114, 1994.
**Harasim, Linda. Collaborating in Cyberspace: Using Computer Conferences as a Group Learning Environment. Interactive Learning Environments , 3 (2), 119-130, 1993.
**Harasim, Linda and Winkelmans, Tim. Computer-mediated scholarly collaboration: A case study of an international online workshop. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 11(4), 382-409, 1990.
**Harasim, Linda. Teaching and learning on-line: Issues in designing computer-mediated graduate courses. Canadian Journal of Educational Communications, 16(2), 1987.
**Harasim, Linda. (Computer learning networks: Educational applications of computer conferencing. Journal of Distance Education, 1(1), 59-70, 1986.
**Harasim, Linda and Johnson, E. Marcia. Computer conferencing and online education: Designing for the medium. Canadian Journal for Information Science, Winter, 1986.Book Chapters
*Harasim, Linda. Networlds: Networks as Social Space. In L. Harasim (Ed.) (1993). Global Networks: Computers and International Communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993.
*Harasim, Linda (1993). Global Networks. In L. Harasim (Ed.) (1993). Global Networks: Computers and International Communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
*Harasim, Linda and Smith, Dorothy. Making Connections, Thinking Change Together: Women Teachers and Computer Networks. In P. Bourne (Ed.) (1993). Feminism and Education. A Canadian Perspective , Volume 2. Toronto: OISE Press, 1993.
*Harasim, Linda. Foreword: Towards the Electronic University. In M. Paulsen's, From Bulletin Boards to Electronic Universities: Distance Education, Computer-Mediated Communication, and Online Education. ACSDE Research Monograph, Pennsylvania State University, 1992.
*Harasim, Linda. Online education: An environment for collaboration and intellectual amplification. In L. Harasim (Ed.) Online education: Perspectives on a new environment , (39-66). New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990.
*Harasim, Linda. Bibliography on educational CMC. In L. Harasim (Ed.) Online education: Perspectives on a new environment, (229-264) New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990.
*Harasim, Linda. Online education: A new domain. In R. Mason & T.Kaye (Eds.) Mindweave: Computers, communications and distance education, (pp.50-62) Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1989.Interviews
*"Speaking Personally with Linda Harasim" by Greg Kearsley, published in "The American Journal of Distance Education", Vol 7, No. 3, 1993.
External links
* [http://fas.sfu.ca/fas/GCMS2/bio.php?FirstName=Linda&LastName=Harasim Faculty page] at Simon Fraser University
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