Advanced Educational Technology: Research Issues and Future Potential

Advanced Educational Technology: Research Issues and Future Potential
Author: Thomas T. Liao
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3642609686

As we approach the 21st century, the need to better link research findings and practical applications of advanced educational technologies (AET) continues to be a priority. During the five-year NATO Special Programme on AET, many advanced study institutes and research workshops focused on building bridges between researchers in and users of educational technology. The organizing committee of the final capstone workshop which took place in September 1993 also chose to focus on this theme. Three position papers, written by members of the AET advisory committee, provided the background and platform for the two-day workshop that was designed to provide guidelines for future AET research and implementation projects. Nicolas Balacheff kicked off the workshop with a philosophical review of the research issues and future research agendas. Herman Bouma and his colleagues at the Institute for Perception Research discussed implementation issues and problems of technology transfer from research laboratories to educational product development.

Advanced Web Applications and Progressing E-Learning 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education

Advanced Web Applications and Progressing E-Learning 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education
Author: Pelet, Jean-Éric
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-02-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522574360

With the relevant use of internet technologies such as Web 2.0 tools, e-learning can be a way to teach students anywhere at any time. Quality internet connection and a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet, offer students the capacities to grow along with knowledge, lectures, and helpful advice for learning in good conditions. Advanced Web Applications and Progressing E-Learning 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education is an essential reference source providing relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in e-learning and mobile learning in modern higher education and its applications in other professional fields such as medical education. Featuring research on topics such as m-learning, knowledge management technologies, computer graphics, image processing, and web-based communities, this book is ideally designed for professionals and researchers seeking coverage on education, adult education, sociology, computer science, and information technology.

The Disruptive Power of Online Education

The Disruptive Power of Online Education
Author: Andreas Altmann
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1787543250

This book explores how higher education institutions across the globe respond to the disruptive changes triggered by online technologies. Contributions address transformations regarding program design, business models and pedagogical interventions in a digital teaching environment.

Ten Steps to Complex Learning

Ten Steps to Complex Learning
Author: Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351624369

Ten Steps to Complex Learning presents a path from an educational problem to a solution in a way that students, practitioners, and researchers can understand and easily use. Students in the field of instructional design can use this book to broaden their knowledge of the design of training programs for complex learning. Practitioners can use this book as a reference guide to support their design of courses, curricula, or environments for complex learning. Now fully revised to incorporate the most current research in the field, this third edition of Ten Steps to Complex Learning includes many references to recent research as well as two new chapters. One new chapter deals with the training of 21st-century skills in educational programs based on the Ten Steps. The other deals with the design of assessment programs that are fully aligned with the Ten Steps. In the closing chapter, new directions for the further development of the Ten Steps are discussed.

Handbook of Distance Education

Handbook of Distance Education
Author: Michael Grahame Moore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1124
Release: 2003-04-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135645418

The second edition of this award-winning book continues the mission of its predecessor, to provide a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of distance education, arguably the most significant development in education over the past quarter century. While the book deals with education that uses technology, the focus is on teaching and learning and how its management can be facilitated through technology. This volume will be of interest to anyone engaged in distance education at either the K-12 or college level. It is also appropriate for corporate and government trainers and for administrators and policy makers in all these environments.

Microcomputer-Based Labs: Educational Research and Standards

Microcomputer-Based Labs: Educational Research and Standards
Author: Robert F. Tinker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642611893

Microcomputer-based labs, the use of real-time data capture and display in teaching, give the learner new ways to explore and understand the world. As this book shows, the international effort over a quarter-century to develop and understand microcomputer-based labs (MBL) has resulted in a rich array of innovative implementations and some convincing evidence for the value of computers for learning. The book is a sampler of MBL work by an outstanding international group of scientists and educators, based on papers they presented at a seminar held as part of the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The story they tell of the development of MBL offers valuable policy lessons on how to promote educational innovation. The book will be of interest to a wide range of educators and to policy makers.

Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape

Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape
Author: Jan Visser
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402082991

This book is about questions. The fundamental process through which it was created is an extended and in-depth dialogue. That dialogue took place over a two-year period involving researchers, lifelong learners, educators, and thinkers. The publication of the dialogue in the form of this unique book addresses the authors’ peer community: the learners, teachers, researchers and policymakers who will take the dialogue forward and contribute to its further growth.

Models for Improving and Optimizing Online and Blended Learning in Higher Education

Models for Improving and Optimizing Online and Blended Learning in Higher Education
Author: Keengwe, Jared
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1466662816

"This book examines the benefits and costs associated with the utilization of technology-mediated instructional environments, recognizing that instructional technology could offer alternative means of communication for understanding"--Provided by publisher.

Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education

Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
Author: Wang, Victor C.X.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1028
Release: 2013-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1466642505

While the general agreement in education remains that the more senses involved in learning, the better we learn; the question still remains as to the distinction between the education of children and the education of adults. Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education provides well-rounded research in providing teaching and learning theories that can be applied to both adults and children while acknowledging the difference between both. This book serves as a comprehensive collection of expertise, research, skill, and experiences which will be useful to educators, scholars, and practitioners in the K-12 education, higher education, and adult education field.