caa a22 4500 445881704 CHVBK 20180317145545.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10649-011-9310-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10649-011-9310-9 Researching online mathematics education: opening a space for virtual learner identities [Elektronische Daten] [Maurício Rosa, Stephen Lerman] This paper is drawn from a doctoral thesis (Rosa, 2008) that examines the relations established between the construction of online identities and the teaching and learning of the definite integral concept in an online learning course. The role-playing game (RPG) is played out through chat and calls for the creation of characters (online identities) by each player. In the research process on online learning in mathematics education, Rosa (2008) discusses the role of the construction of online identities. We characterise how this process, in a general way, draws on qualitative research processes and, in a specific way, is linked to the construction of mathematical knowledge in cyberspace. We discuss who the research subjects are in mathematics education research. The results suggest that: (a) cyberspace is a natural environment in an online RPG context; (b) the playful process in online learning in mathematics education brings important new aspects to our understanding of mathematical knowledge as a social construction; (c) the investigation becomes a game; (d) research subjects are who they want to be while they are in flow, that is, there is intentionality; (e) the challenge of research methodology inside cyberspace must be faced by researchers; and (f) the researcher needs to consider those different identities as integral to the research process. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Qualitative research methodology nationallicence Online education nationallicence Mathematics education nationallicence Online identities nationallicence Rosa Maurício Professor of the Graduate Program in Sciences and Mathematics Education, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil aut Lerman Stephen Professor of the Faculty of Arts and Humans Science, London South Bank University, London, UK aut Educational Studies in Mathematics Springer Netherlands 78/1(2011-09-01), 69-90 0013-1954 78:1<69 2011 78 10649 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-011-9310-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-011-9310-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosa Maurício Professor of the Graduate Program in Sciences and Mathematics Education, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lerman Stephen Professor of the Faculty of Arts and Humans Science, London South Bank University, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Educational Studies in Mathematics Springer Netherlands 78/1(2011-09-01), 69-90 0013-1954 78:1<69 2011 78 10649 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer