Product Description: Some of today's educational experts were asked to envision the year 2020, when technology has assumed a major role in elementary and secondary education. The informed conjecture that followed is contained in this volume; contributors offer visions of the future as well as specific steps that could turn those visions into realities...read more

Product Description: This volume contains the proceedings of the 5th Congress of the European Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (EARDHE) and the Dutch Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (CRWO). The focus of the Congress was the application of new technology both in the fields of teaching/learning and in management organization and administration...read more

Product Description: What does it me an to be literate? What does it mean to be a cognizing individual? What is the nature of cognizing? These are not new questions. They have been treated as "philosophical puzzles" to be pondered systema­ tically in the hope of some eventual solution...read more

Product Description: In this volume, the growing importance of computer use in educational organization and administration is examined from the two distinct perspectives of [1] how applications of informatics may impact on it, forcing it to change, and [2] how the educational system may deal with problems to effectively integrate information technology into learning...read more

Product Description: Educational technology in the broadest sense is knowledge and competence for improving the educational process: for using hardware (equipment), software (methods), and "underware" (underlying organizational structures). This volume in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology presents the results of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on educational systems design as a new educational technology...read more

Product Description: The following forms the proceedings of the NATO-supported Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Salford, located near Manchester, England, during the period 16-28 August, 1992. The need for this Institute was stimulated by the 1 recommendations from the NATO-supported Research Workshop, held in 1990 , which stated that the role of advanced educational technology in the delivery of technology education be explored in considerable detail...read more

Product Description: This volume provides a thorough examination of the use of advanced educational technology in the delivery of technology education at the school, college, and university levels. Based on a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Salford, England, in August 1992, the book focuses on the following key elements: - The philosophical and educational foundation for the use of advanced educational technologies in the delivery of technology education, - Advanced educational technology research and practice, - The development of integrated implementation plans employing research from both elements...read more

Product Description: This volume contains a selection of the best papers from the Computer Assisted Learning 1993 symposium. The theme of the proceedings, CAL into the mainstream, reflects the growing realization over the past few years that technology has a central role to play in supporting the changes which are taking place in educational provision and practice...read more

Product Description: The role of Information Technology (IT) in main stream education is explored by international specialists in this publication. Five main sections present papers focusing on the following themes: issues associated with the integration of IT into education systems; IT and pupil learning; interactive learning environments (including Virtual Reality); IT and community/cultural issues; and reports on developments around the world...read more

Product Description: Book by Knight, Peter, de Moura Castro, Claudio, Haddad, Wadi, Hepp, Pedro, Harasim, Linda

The major shift going on today in the technologies of reading and writing raises important questions about conventional conceptions of literacy and its role in education, society, and culture. What are the important characteristics of electronic forms of reading and writing distinguishing them from printed forms? To what extent and in what ways is literacy being transformed by new technologies? This central question is addressed in this volume from diverse, multidisciplinary perspectives. The contributing authors focus on a guiding question in one of the following areas, which correspond to the major sections of the book: *Transforming Texts. What are the new differences between printed and electronic texts, and what are the implications of new textual forms for defining literacy, especially in regard to teaching and learning in schools? *Transforming Readers and Writers. How do electronic reading and writing change conceptualizations of literacy development from childhood through adulthood? *Transforming Classrooms and Schools. What are the effects of introducing new reading and writing technologies into schools and classrooms? *Transforming Instruction. How can instruction be adapted in response to the changing literacy landscape, and how can teachers and students exploit forms of reading and writing to enhance teaching and learning? *Transforming Society. What are the broad societal implications of the increasing prevalence of electronic forms of reading and writing? *Transforming Literacy Research. What are the questions that must be addressed as digital reading and writing become more common, and what approaches to research will be most useful in addressing those questions? This volume is the result of an interactive process. The contributors met as a group to discuss drafts of their chapters at a one-day meeting convened and sponsored by the National Reading Research Center, and had read each others' chapters prior to this gathering. That meeting was followed by a two-day conference attended by approximately 180 researchers, educators, and policymakers who responded to an open invitation to present papers and to attend sessions focusing on the six major themes of the book. Contributors then revised their chapters based on interactions with fellow contributors, conference participants, and volume editors. Thus, this work is more than just a compilation of the individual authors' views. Rather, it represents a synthesis of a broad range of current thinking about how literacy is being and may be transformed by technology.

Product Description: The theme of "Learning in a Changing Environment" reflects the way in which educational thinking in Higher Education has undergone a rapid change throughout the world. The EDINEB network consists of people who see the role of educationalists as providing a framework for learning rather than taking a traditional approach of "chalk and talk"...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The theme of TechEd2000 was "Teaching and Learning in a Network World". The conference brings together professionals from all sectors and levels of education, and provides a vision of the exciting, interactive, technology-rich future of education...read more

The workplace is changing drastically these days. As a consequence of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution, new economic activities emerge, the production process changes, people use different communication tools, and organizational structures are adjusted. All these changes relate to the heart of business and economics, and there is no doubt that they will also influence education in these areas. Of course ICT provides new technologies to facilitate learning, but a changing workplace also requires a renewed focus within the curriculum of economics and business education. If ICT is leading to profound change in the workplace, is innovation then only a matter of introducing more technology in education? Unfortunately, this is not necessarily true. The translation of changes in the workplace into an improved curriculum requires serious analysis of the essence of the changes at the work place, and the way technology may enable student learning. For example, relevant knowledge is changing faster and faster. Does this mean that we have to adopt the curriculum faster and faster? Perhaps not, as students will have a labor market career of 30 or 40 years. Focusing on today’s knowledge – even if it is very up-to-date – loses more and more value if the life cycle of knowledge becomes shorter. Increased speed of change also implies a decrease in the value of knowing all these things. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This text features the conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies (IWALT 2000). Topics addressed include: adaptive hypermedia; agents; designing educational systems; distance education; electronic assessment; intelligent tutoring systems; and more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: One outcome of recent progress in educational technology is strong interest in providing effective support for learning in complex and ill-structured domains. We know how to use technology to promote understanding in simpler domains (e...read more

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Product Description: Enhancing Undergraduate Learning with Information Technology reports on a meeting of scientists, policy makers, and researchers convened to discuss new approaches to undergraduate science, mathematics, and technology education. The goal of the workshop was to inform workshop participants and the public about issues surrounding the use of information technology in education...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)