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Online learning is transcending from the text-rich educational experience of the past to a video- and audio-rich learning transformation. The greater levels of media-rich content and media-rich interaction that are currently prevalent in online leisure experiences will help to increase e-learning s future efficiency and effectiveness.

Enhancing E-Learning with Media-Rich Content and Interactions presents instructional designers, educators, scholars, and researchers with the necessary foundational elements, theoretical underpinnings, and practical guidance to aid in the technology selection and design of effective online learning experiences by integrating media-rich interactions and content. ... Read more

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Educators have come to embrace the classification system for the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains for teaching. However, with the advent of multimedia, interactive, student-focused, instructional technologies, the need to push the envelope of teaching with technology has surfaced – a new domain for technology is needed to take advantage of this newest strategy for teaching and learning.Many educators accept teaching with technology as perhaps the most important instructional strategy to impact the classroom since the introduction of the textbook. The Taxonomy for the Technology Domain suggests a new classification system that includes literacy, collaboration, decision-making, infusion, integration, and technology. As with most taxonomies, each step offers a progressively more sophisticated level of complexity by constructing increasingly multifaceted objectives addressing increasingly complex student learning outcomes.The Taxonomy for the Technology Domain affects all aspects of how technology is used in elementary and secondary classrooms, corporate training rooms, and higher education classrooms. ... Read more

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While situated and constructivist theory has generated useful guidelines for the foundations of authentic learning environments, few concrete examples exist. Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education provides rich descriptions of the principles that guide the development of an authentic learning environment, while also providing concrete examples across a wide range of discipline areas. The chapters in Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education present the challenges and successes of the authentic approach, and the authors relate the practical design of their learning environments to both discipline-based and situated theory. Readers will use the descriptions of a range of implementations to guide their own design and development of an authentic learning environment. ... Read more

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Given the rapid growth of computer-mediated communication, there is an ever-broadening range of social interactions. With conversation as the bedrock on which social interactions are built, there is growing recognition of the important role conversation has in instruction, particularly in the design and development of technologically advanced educational environments.

The Handbook of Conversation Design for Instructional Applications presents key perspectives on the evolving area of conversation design, bringing together a multidisciplinary body of work focused on the study of conversation and conversation design practices to inform instructional applications. Offering multimodal instructional designers and developers authoritative content on the cutting-edge issues and challenges in conversation design, this book is a must-have for reference library collections worldwide. ... Read more

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This volume records the outcome of a conference convened to examine the challenges that developments in technology place on the educational system. It considers how educational institutions need to prepare themselves for the complexities of a constantly changing technological world. ... Read more

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An examination of critical issues in the use of information technology (IT) for education. ... Read more

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Technology has impacted how many teachers develop methods of instruction in their classroom settings. The Continuous Practice Improvement (CPI) professional development program introduces teachers to infusing computers into the curriculum and classroom activities seamlessly.

Infusing Technology into the Classroom: Continuous Practice Improvement retells compelling stories of a successful computer-related professional development program that was implemented into Kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms of a Philadelphia school. Through an analysis of the study, a theoretical model to guide technology infused professional development for teachers is discovered. ... Read more

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This volume considers general issues covering the contributionof information and communication technology (ICT) to the developmentof learning, the role and potential of E learning, computer supportedcollaborative learning and innovative pedagogy, as well as veryfocused issues such as online knowledge communities, thecharacteristics of agents and multimedia animation. With many "stateof the art" contributions, Informatics and the Digital Society:Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues addresses the followingthemes:+ The e-literate society -- the role of informatics,computer science and ICT; + ICT -- agent of change and social conflict; + E-learning -- meeting the challenge of technology onsociety through new partnerships; + Paradigm shifts in education and professional life. The thought-provoking and controversial papers in this volume make apowerful contribution to the debate that surrounds the increasingpervasion of ICT in all sectors of our lives -- especially theeducation sector. Evidence from contributors -- drawnparticularly from Europe, but also representing the Americas andAustralia -- supports the contention that all countries areurgently addressing the issues and problems raised by ICT. Eachcountry will have to derive its own, unique solution. This collectionof papers will certainly inform and should considerably assist thatdecision making and problem resolution. Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, Ethical andCognitive Issues contains the edited proceedings of SECIII,the Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues ofInformatics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), whichwas sponsored by the International Federation for InformationProcessing (WIP) Working Groups 3.1 (Secondary Education) and 3.2(Higher Education). It was held in July 2002 at the University ofDortmund, Germany, in cooperation with the German Computer Society(Gesellschaft fur Informatik). ... Read more

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Learning is a critical worldwide problem for humans, essentialto create a peaceful and happy world. We have serious problems inlearning in both wealthy and poor areas. New approaches to learningare needed, as the current system may not rise to the new challenges.

This book proposes a new strategy for learning, worldwide and for allages of students. Computer-based distance learning would be the majordelivery mechanism, with very large numbers of students. The veryfrequent interactions between the student and the computer would belike that with a skilled human teacher. These interactions would takeplace in the student's native language, in both directions. A typicalinteraction would be a question to a student, and a free-form studentresponse. Both voice and keyboard student input would be possible. Thelearning programs would work with each student until mastery isachieved, adapting to the needs of each. Students would be activelearners. The book begins with the problems and goals of learning. It considerspossible forms of distance learning, looking at the variablesinvolved, current examples of distance learning, and possible futureforms including examples from science fiction. It then investigatesstudent interactions, considering both frequency of interactions andthe quality of each interaction. Programs developed in the EducationalTechnology Center at the University of California, Irvine, illustratethe critical idea of tutorial learning with computers. Production oftutorial learning material and costs for a student hour of learning isdiscussed. The book ends with suggestions for future progress. Current hardware and software is fully adequate for the tasksdescribed. Development of all required learning units is a majoractivity. After this development, both better quality of learning andlower costs are very likely. Further experimental work is essential tounderstand the possibilities. ... Read more

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The Distance Education Evolution: Case Studies addresses issues regarding the development and design of online courses, and the implementation and evaluation of an online learning program. Several chapters include design strategies for online courses that range from the specific to the universal. Many authors address pedagogical issues from both a theoretical and applied perspective. This diverse compilation of contributions by Temple University administrators and faculty gives a comprehensive overview of the distance education experience that can serve as a guide to others interested in providing quality distance education. ... Read more

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A must read for those interested in Distance Education
This book is an excellent resource on Distance Education. Part I explores many of the central issues that will be faced by anyone who is involved in developing and implementing a Distance Education course, especially one using an online format.This section provides a wealth of valuable information and guidelines.Part II presents some practical applications of Distance Education in various academic disciplines.These interesting illustrations serve as models for course development and provide further insights into the many practical considerations related to Distance Education, such as how to make online courses accessible to those with various disabilities, how online learning compares to face-to-face instruction from a cost-effectiveness standpoint, how to evaluate online courses, and how to encourage faculty participation in Distance Education programs.If you have wondered about any of these questions, then this is the book for you. ... Read more

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An examination of critical issues in the use of information technology (IT) for education. ... Read more

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The authors of Specialisation and Choice in Urban Education start with the contention that the City Technical Colleges experiment--schools funded by the government to offer choice to inner-city parents and pupils--needs to be understood as part of a much broader political project--a project whose solution is based on entrepreneurship, competition and aversion to welfarism offered by the New Right in answer to Britain's economic malaise. Based upon research which includes nearly 400 interviews with players involved at all levels, the book follows the initiative from planning to effects. It focuses on the impact of recruitment policy on parental choice and the effect the new schools have had on local provision of education, and asks how far CTC's actually constitute a new form of school. The book will be valuable to those involved in the school choice debates currently in progress. ... Read more

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Technology in Online TeachingMedia and Technology in SchoolsAnalysis of Online Teaching and LearningNet-Oriented Collaborative LearningTowards a Constructive Learning EnvironmentEnabling Technologies and Motivation in Distance EducationBibliographyIndex. ... Read more