Prof Gilly Salmon and Dr Palitha Edirisingha work together at the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the UK. Gilly is Professor and E-learning & learning technology and Palitha is Lecturer in e-learning. Both of them worked on the IMPALA project which was the basis of this book. IMPALA is one of the technological animals in the Media Zoo. Click on www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/mediazoo to see the others.
You can see Gilly’s other recent books at e-moderating.com; e-tivities.com and learningingroups.com.
Palitha’s research interests include the role of emerging learning technologies (mobile, social web services and tools): for facilitating informal learning within academic contexts; for creating social capital amongst students to support formal learning; and for addressing development issues.
Contact us at: gilly.salmon@le.ac.uk or palitha.edirisingha@le.ac.uk |