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Author: Sir John Daniel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-08-27
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1135163332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest addition to The Open and Flexible Learning Series addresses the challenges created by the successes and the failures of the universal primary education campaign. It advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing youth population.
Author: Neil Selwyn
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-03-17
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1441108890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigital technology lies at the heart of contemporary education provision. This book considers the key issues in the field and addresses some fundamental but often unvoiced questions about the ever-growing use of technologies in education. It focuses on the social as well as the technical aspects of these issues, giving careful thought to the people, practices, processes and structures behind the use of technologies in education. The book considers a range of current debates and controversies. Will technology replace the school or university? Will technology replace the teacher? What do we really know about learning and technology? Does technology make learning fairer? Can technology address the many educational problems and inequalities faced by people around the world? What does the future hold for technology and education? What can be learnt from the history of technology use? Neil Selwyn takes a critical look at some of the major debates concerning digital technologies and education. Study questions and annotated further reading are included to support readers, along with a companion website linking to online sources and resources.
Author: Geraint Johnes
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2017-12-29
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1785369075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the modern economics of education literature, bringing together a series of original contributions by globally renowned experts in their fields. Covering a wide variety of topics, each chapter assesses the most recent research with an emphasis on skills, evaluation and data analytics.
Author: Jon Baggaley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1136730524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistance education (DE) offers ways to reach the many people around the world who lack access to education and training by other means. International DE methods, however, are fragmented, and distance educators have often abandoned new technologies before giving them a chance to develop. As a result, many current DE tools and techniques are incompatible with the needs and cultures of different global regions. With the goal of designing efficient, relevant DE for worldwide audiences, Harmonizing Global Education invites scholars and practitioners to consider the historic development of technology-based education and communication studies, going back further in the literature than is often assumed necessary. The book examines a wide range of historical ideas capable of shaping modern DE, including the Luddite Revolt among British textiles workers in 1811-12, the evolution of cubist art and musical aesthetics, and the visionary advances of early twentieth-century Soviet multimedia specialists. The author urges an awareness of previous generations of communications studies, and shows how audience research relating to traditional media can be relevant in the design of current internet-based and social media approaches. Today's open universities have grown from these earlier historical efforts, and the future success of open and distance education depends on learning from the successes and the failures of the past.
Author: Insung Jung
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-04-05
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1136849866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is edited and authored by experts with extensive international experience in ODL, e-learning, and QA who give careful consideration to the possibilities and challenges involved.
Author: Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-01-01
Total Pages: 1425
ISBN-13: 981192080X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access handbook offers a one-stop-shop for both new and established researchers, educators, policy makers and administrators in the field of open, distance and digital education (ODDE) to gain a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice at all levels of ODDE, and at the same time stimulates in-depth discussions on various themes and issues of ODDE for today and future. Researchers, scholars and students in the field of ODDE can use this handbook as a major reference to conduct their own research and learning agendas. To cover the field comprehensively, the handbook is structured following the 3M framework developed by one of the chief editors Zawacki-Richter. The 3M framework categorizes the major research areas and issues in ODDE on three levels. Accordingly, the handbook is divided into six sections in total, two section at each of the three levels: 1) Macro Level – ODDE Systems and Theories, 2) Meso Level - Institutional Perspectives, Management and Organization, and 3) Micro Level – Learning and Teaching in ODDE. This is an open access book.
Author: Priscilla Toka Mmantsetsa Marope
Publisher: UNESCO
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9230011568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe growing impact of university rankings on public policy and on students choices has stirred controversy worldwide. This unique volume brings together the architects of university rankings and their critics to debate the uses and misuses of existing rankings. With voices from five continents, it provides a comprehensive overview of current thinking on the subject and sets out alternative approaches and complementary tools for a new era of transparent and informed use of higher education ranking tables.
Author: Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Published: 2014-06-01
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1927356628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnline Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.
Author: Demiray, Ugur
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2011-09-30
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1613500726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book discusses the potential of meta-communication models for building and managing reflective online conversations among distance learners, offering models for meta-communication, distance education, and reflective online conversations"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Eby, Gulsun
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2015-02-28
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1466681209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInstructional quality can make or break the learning experience, especially in digital environments where the expressional nuances of interpersonal communication are lost. The most effective distance education instructors and experts are those who recognize the educational needs of students and are able to address those needs through creative use of the technological tools available to them. Identification, Evaluation, and Perceptions of Distance Education Experts explores the current and future trends, needs, and priorities that affect the development of distance education in a postmodern world. This premier reference work will be of significance to those interested in online learning, teaching and training, communication, and education across multiple sectors such as universities, colleges, schools, profit/non-profit e-organizations, and e-commerce.
