Flexible Learning in a Digital World: Experiences and Expectations

ISBN-13: 9780749433727 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 237 str.

Betty Collis; Betty Collis

Opis

Technological development has resulted in widespread change in the way students can learn. The scale of this change cannot be over-emphasised, with over 10 million students now using distance education as their main access to learning. Every university in the world now relies on digital systems to a greater or lesser extent; students routinely use multi-media and internet resources.
Against this background and the fact that technology is now a staple part of education, this book answers the questions 'what lessons have been learned from decades of research and practical experience with educational technology?' and 'what are the implications of these lessons for HE now, and in the future?'

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.