Because the Internet is inherently dynamic, far-reaching, and interdisciplinary, its usage and application are not compatible with textbooks, other static learning media, or conventional teaching methodologies. As an alternative, the Internet offers the element of discovery learning to students of science unlike any other learning tool. With Engaging Knowledge, Jennifer Cordi demonstrates ways in which the Internet can be used as a powerful tool for discovery-and problem-based learning through global collaborations, whiteboard technologies, and context-based hypertext. Cordi does not outline...

The personal computer and the Internet are dramatically changing the ways in which society communicates, works, and plays. These technologies also stand to forever change the ways in which we teach and learn. Our notions of literacy and education itself must expand into pliable, organic ways of thinking to match the flexible nature of the digital media that today's students are being reared on. Education is no longer about memorizing facts and figures, but rather learning how and where to find them, and--more importantly--what can be done with them once they're in hand. In Teaching and...

109 IDEAS For Virtual Learning reveals the online knowledge venue that today's generation uses to learn while playing along at school to receive promotions, diplomas, and degrees. Calling that venue 'the virtual knowledge ecology', Judy Breck describes the networking of open content for learning online where knowledge is fresher, authoritative, and more compelling than at school.

109 IDEAS For Virtual Learning reveals the online knowledge venue that today's generation uses to learn while playing along at school to receive promotions, diplomas, and degrees. Calling that venue "the virtual knowledge ecology," Judy Breck describes the networking of open content for learning online where knowledge is fresher, authoritative, and more compelling than at school.