This book is a practical guide for any student considering enrollment in, currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from an online course. The authors, both with substantial online teaching and learning experience as well as seasoned professionals, deliver concise guidance to…
This book is a practical guide for any student considering enrollment in, currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from an online course. The authors, both with substantial online teaching and learning experience as well as seasoned professionals, deliver concise guidance to…
"This book combines empirical evidence and best practices in current K-12 distance learning and virtual schools, emphasizing current research and opportunities for administrators, teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and policymakers interested in the development and implem…
"This book brings together a variety of perspectives, research, and case studies that emphasize a pedagogical awareness of diverse learning styles, while highlighting issues of ethics and equality across the educational landscape"--Provided by publisher
Assessment and teaching of 21st century skills: methods and approach
by WIlson, Mark, Woods, Kerry, Griffin, Patrick, Darling-Hammond, Linda, Care, Esther, Griffin, Patrick, (ed), Care, Esther, (ed), Adams, Raymond, Adamson, Frank, Ahonen, Arto K., Awwal, Nafisa, Buder, Juergen, Bui, Myvan, Bujanda, Maria Eugenia, Campos, Elsie, Cheah, Horn Mun, Comfort, Kathleen, Hardin, Susan-Marie, Hesse, Friedrich, Kankaanranta, Marja, Lim, Pik Yen, Mountain, Roz, Ng, Hui Leng, Poon, Chew Leng, Sassenberg, Kai, Scalise, Kathleen, Scalise, Sam, Schonau, Diederik, Scoular, Claire, Tan, Sean, Vista, Alvin, Zoanetti, Nathan
fromEducational Assessment in an Information Age
This second volume of papers from the ATC21STM project deals with the development of an assessment and teaching system of 21st century skills. Readers are guided through a detailed description of the methods used in this process. The major elements of this new volume are the ide…
Die Digitalisierung hat große Teile unseres Alltags, aber auch der Wissenschaft verändert. In der Schule hat diese gesellschaftliche Transformation, nicht zuletzt durch die Corona-Pandemie katalysiert, nun verstärkt Fahrt aufgenommen, u.a. durch vermehrte Investitionen in die di…
Description In an age of accelerating business and technological change, the success of an organization depends significantly on its employees and how they can effectively learn and perform their roles. New technologies, combined with innovative approaches to the design of exper…
"This book provides the theoretical understanding of the essential links between context (traditional academic learning spaces, informal learning spaces, and creative non-formal spaces) technology (ICTs, mobile technology, digital and social media) and the system approaches to t…
"This book provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues & questions of cultural appropriateness"--Provided b…
Reinforcement learning is a learning paradigm concerned with learning to control a system so as to maximize a numerical performance measure that expresses a long-term objective. What distinguishes reinforcement learning from supervised learning is that only partial feedback is g…
Digital difference: perspectives on online learning
by Bruns, Axel, Cook, John, Savin-Baden, Maggi, Oliver, Martin, McKenna, Colleen, McAvinia, Claire, Sinclair, Christine, Pachler, Norbert, Land, Ray, (ed), Bayne, Sian, (ed), Thomas, Cate, Macleod, Hamish, Ross, Jen, Sanders, Christine, Begg, Michael, Ellaway, Rachel, Dewhurst, David, Holley, Debbie, Remtulla, Karim A.
fromEducational futures: rethinking theory and practice
The writings in this collection reflect a complex embrace of culture, power and technology. Topics range from social questions of consumption, speed, uncertainty, and risk to individual issues of identity, selfhood and desire. Ethical issues arise, involving equity and authority…
Abstract: "[This book] is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the shifting structure of school models in response to technological advances and corporate presence in educational contexts. Highlighting a comprehensive range of pertinent topics, …
Artificial instructional methods now provide the learning community with exercise specific teaching skills and learning situations that strengthen educator instincts and intuition about best practices. This book contains research and current trends used in digital simulations of…
This multi-site case study uses Policy Implementation Process Examination (PIPE) and a variegated diagram to represent the evolution of interpretations in a human sense-making framework as it relates to Ohio House Bill 410, legislated in 2016. The purpose of the research is to s…
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to assess if and to what extent religiosity, cognitive dissonance, and stress predict GPA scores for online undergraduate students. Variables were measured with the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), Original Dissonan…
The focus of this investigation examines music students’ personal experience and learning outcomes when comparing synchronous online to traditional instruction in Jazz Concepts. In order to effectively deliver synchronous online music instruction that rivals traditional in-perso…
Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom (UK) is changing, prompting universities to reconsider their position in a complex and uncertain sector. This thesis argues that university business models have not evolved to become responsive to change - unlike new providers who do n…