Information and Communication Technologies and Real-Life Learning: New Education for the Knowledge Society

ISBN-13: 9780387259963 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 285 str.

T. J. Weert; Tom J. Van Weert; Arthur Tatnall

Opis

Information and Communication Technologies in Real-Life Learning presents the results of an International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working conference held December 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. The working conference was organized by IFIP Working Group 3.2 (Informatics and ICT in Higher Education) and IFIP Working Group 3.4 (Professional and Vocational Education in Information Technology). Challenges originating in large scale economic and social change, rapid transition to a knowledge-based society and shortage of knowledge workers demand new approaches in higher and professional education. International trends are observed in the following areas: learning in real-life situations; development of relationships with business and industry; and new forms of assessment. The papers in this book present a cross-section of issues in real-life learning in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role. Some of the issues covered include: education models for real-life learning enabled by ICT; effective organization of a real-life learning environment; the changing role of the student; the changing role of educational institutions and their relationship with business and industry; the changing role of teachers and their use of ICT; and managment of ICT-rich education change.

Spis treści

Real-Life Learning: Why, What and How?.- Virtual Corporate Training Systems.- Issues in the Assessment of Real-Life Learning with ICT.- Knowledge Work Management.- Communities of Practice in Higher Education.- Knowledge Acquisition in Small Businesses.- Experiences and Practices in Modeling Distance Learning Curricula for Capillary Approaches and Limited ICT Resource Scenarios.- The Use of ICT in the Delivery of Online Services.- From Graduate to Undergraduate.- Encapsulating Real-Life Experience.- Getting Interactive Media into Schools.- Intelligent Learning Objects.- Using ICT in a Problem-Based Learning Approach.- Real-Life Learning in Higher Education.- Higher Education: Learning in Real-Life.- In Real-Life Learning, What is Meant by ‘Real’?.- Learning from the ICT Industry Real-Life Context.- Pathways in Real-Life Learning.- Real-Life Learning in Virtual Communities of Technology.- Teacher Training on the Job.- Exploring the Role of Informal Learning in Real-Life Learning.- Simulating Real-Life Problems.- A Model for University Seminars held in Companies.- Customization of Industrial Training.- Work Integrated Learning in Information Technology Education.- Providing Masters Level Computing Students with Real-Life Learning Experiences Via Capstone Projects.- A Structural Model of the Information Systems Professional.- The Industry and Education Nexus.- Experiences and Challenges in Fostering Industry and University Collaborations.- Real Life Learning: The Developing Importance of Formal and Informal Professional Communities of Practice.- Real Life Learning: The Challenge of Creating and Establishing the Role of Online and Virtual Learning Environments for All.

Blurb

International Federation for Information Processing

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication.  The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction.  Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured.  These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research.  The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

 

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