Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis

• #1. Bridging the Gap: 21ST Century Media Meets Theoretical Pedagogical Literacy Practices
• #2. Analysis of Constructivist, Network-Based Discourses: Concepts, Prospects, and Illustrations
• #3. Understanding Online Discourse Strategies for Knowledge Building Through Social Network Analysis
• #4. Inter-Animation between Utterances in Collaborative Chat Conversations
• #5. Using Multimodal Discourse Analysis to Identify Patterns of Problem Solving Processes in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Environment
• #6. Studying the Suitability of Discourse Analysis Methods for Emotion Detection and Interpretation in Computer-Mediated Educational Discourse
• #7. Social Networks and Creative Writing in EFL
• #8. Second Language Learners’ Spoken Discourse: Practice and Corrective Feedback through Automatic Speech Recognition
• #9. Critical Electronic Discourse Analysis: Social and Cultural Research in the Electronic Age
• #10. Writing to Meet Your Match: Rhetoric and Self-Presentation for Four Online Daters
• #11. Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment
• #12. Interactive Advertising: Displays of Identity and Stance on YouTube
• #13. Statistical Discourse Analysis: Testing Educational Hypotheses with Large Datasets of Electronic Discourse
• #14. Analyzing Blending Social and Mass Media Audiences through the Lens of Computer-Mediated Discourse
• #15. Reflections of Professional Practice: Using Electronic Discourse Analysis Networks (EDANs) to Examine Embedded Business Emails
• #16. Computer-Aided Deductive Critical Discourse Analysis of a Case Study from Mauritius with ATLAS-ti 6.2
• #17. Conversation Analysis and Electronic Interactions: Methodological, Analytic and Technical Considerations
• #18. Positioning Goes to Work: Computer-Aided Identification of Stance Shifts and Semantic Themes in Electronic Discourse Analysis
• #19. Textuality on the Web: A Focus on Argumentative Text Types
• #20. Learning on the Move in the Web 2.0: New Initiatives in M-Learning

Hwee Ling Lim is an Associate Professor at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). She obtained her Bachelor, Master degrees and a Diploma in Education from The National University of Singapore (Singapore). She has a Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology) from Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Her areas of research include educational technology, computer-mediated communication, electronic discourse analysis and more recently, engineering education and human resource management. She has published over 37 works that included books, book chapters, journal papers and conference proceedings. She received an award for best research paper at the 2007 Computer Science and Information Technology Education Conference (CSITED). Lim is an Editorial Review Board member for the Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, and Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice. She is a regular reviewer for annual international conferences that include Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM ); Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE); and Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU). Lim has recently given invited talks on engineering education in Doha (Qatar) and Abu Dhabi (UAE).

Fay Sudweeks is Emerita Associate Professor at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Sociology), Master of Cognitive Science and Doctor of Philosophy (Communication Studies). Her current research interests are social and cultural aspects of communication, group dynamics and e-learning. Fay has been nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award and has been nominated twice for the Excellence in Research Supervision Award. She has published 7 authored or edited books, 17 edited proceedings, and more than 80 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings. She is on the editorial board of 6 international journals: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Human Communication Research, New Media and Society, International Journal of e-Learning, Open Communication Journal, and International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector. With Charles Ess, Fay has co-chaired eight international and interdisciplinary conferences on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC). Fay has given invited talks in numerous countries including the USA, South Africa, Russia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden.