Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Frame for the Discussion of Learning Cultures -- 1 When the Solution Becomes the Problem: Cultures and Individuals As Obstacles to Online Learning -- 2 Identity, Gender and Language in Synchronous Cybercultures: A Cross-Cultural Study -- 3 Entering the World of Online Foreign Language Education: Challenging and Developing Teacher Identities -- 4 From Face-to-Face to Distance Learning: The Online Learner's Emerging Identity -- 5 Being and Learning in the Online Classroom: Linguistic Practices and Ritual Text Acts -- 6 Technology As a 'Cultural Player' in Online Learning Environments -- 7 Trouble and Autoethnography in Assessment Genre: A Case for Postnational Design in Online Internationalized Pedagogy -- 8 New Learning Cultures: Identities, Media and Networks -- Conclusion: New Directions for Research in Online Learning Cultures -- References -- Internet References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.