Flexible Learning in a Digital World: Experiences and Expectations

ISBN-13: 9780749433710 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 244 str.

Betty Collis; Jef Moonen

Opis

In our digital age of the Internet and World Wide Web the opportunities to enable truly flexible learning in most educational situations are exciting, challenging and widespread. This book is about learning, teaching and education, and the role that technology plays in bringing about improvements for students, educators and institutions alike. Betty Collis and Jef Moonen present a series of proven and practical guidelines, based on their balanced experience of using technology in education. Together, these give readers an overview of how technological applications in education can be developed and harnessed.

Spis treści

About the authors, Series Editor's foreword, Introduction, What this book is about, About the lessons, Who this book is for, How this book is organized, 1. Flexible learning: it's not just about distance, 2. You can't not do it, 3. Will they use it?, 4. Something for everyone, 5. Pedagogy: making the U turn, 6. When do (or don't) we get our investment back?, 7. Practising what we preach: getting started, 8. Practising what we preach: keeping going, 9. A new economy for education?, References, Subject index, Author index

O autorze

Betty Collis and Jef Moonen are currently both full professors in the Faculty of Educational Science and Technology in the University of Twente in The Netherlands but their backgrounds and reputations in the field of educational technology are broadly based.