Product Description: Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS)...read more

Product Description: Online 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...read more

There is currently a technological revolution taking place in higher education. The growth of e-learning is being described as explosive, unprecedented, and above all, disruptive. This timely and comprehensive book provides a coherent framework for understanding e-learning in higher education.The authors draw on their extensive research in the area to explore the technological, pedagogical and organisational implications of e-learning, and more importantly, they provide practical models for educators to use to realise the full potential of e-learning. A unique feature of the book is that the authors focus less on the ever-evolving technologies and more on the search for an understanding of these technologies from an educational perspective.This book will be invaluable for researchers, practitioners and senior administrators looking for guidance on how to successfully adopt e-learning in their institutions. It will also appeal to anyone with an interest in the impact of e-learning on higher education and society.

Product Description: Wylie’s War is a fictional novel beginning in the year 2012. It’s the story of a man caught up in the current mood of a country, Western separation being the backdrop. Alberta and Saskatchewan are about to have a referendum on whether to leave Canada...read more

Product Description: Sometimes the more one tries to escape the past, the more it comes back to haunt them. The Adventures of Evers Green is just such a tale, a fictional story of a man drawn into a world where he is forced to confront his weakness and failings...read more

Product Description: Two perfect companions, the Jesus Loves Me Bible Storybook (containing ICB text) and Jesus Loves Me Devotional, are now compiled into one to help guide your little ones in their faith. The short, lively work hand-in-hand to provide an exciting way for families to celebrate God's love for them daily...read more

Simple retellings of more than 100 stories from the Old and New Testaments.

Product Description: E-Research takes the learner through the complete research process from problem formulation, through literature review, ethics approval, quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis, to dissemination and publication...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This workbook is an important tool for all educators and trainers in the school, college, university and private sectors who are planning and delivering workshops about learning technologies, using learning technologies. It will give you practical suggestions on planning, preparing, delivering and evaluating an effective training workshop using the case studies in the book and the facilitator's own practical experience using networked learning technologies...read more

Hundreds of full-color illustrations and kid-friendly text help young children get excited about reading and having the stories from the Bible read to them, emphasizing praise, worship, and prayer.

Product Description: This is the first devotional we've seen designed to teach children ages 3-8 that God wants His children to praise Him no matter where they go, how they feel, what they do or who they are with. Using beautiful illustrations and simple text, children learn the simplicity of praise and worship - and knowing God better through praise, prayer, singing, Bible stories and fun activities...read more

Product Description: "Belongs on the shelf of classics about surviving degradation with dignity and even humor." Time In March 1985, Terry Anderson was swept up in the violent conflict of a turbulent era. At the mercy of Shiite captors for nearly seven years, he lived in chains, wondering fearfully if each day would be his last...read more

Simple retellings of more than 100 stories from the Old and New Testaments.