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ERIC #:ED459342
Title:Using Learning Technologies: International Perspectives on Practice. Routledge/Falmer Studies in Distance Education.
Authors:Burge, Elizabeth J., Ed.; Haughey, Margaret, Ed.
Descriptors:Access to Computers; Access to Education; Adult Education; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Disadvantaged; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Evaluation; Flexible Scheduling; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Guidance; Higher Education; Information Technology; Online Systems; Open Education; Outreach Programs; Policy Formation; Programming (Broadcast); Socioeconomic Influences; Student School Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Skills; Telecommunications; Womens Education
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Publisher:RoutledgeFalmer, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE (hardcover: ISBN-0-415-21687-7, $90; paperback: ISBN-0-415-21688-5, $28.95). Web site: http://www.routledgefalmer.com/.
Publication Date:2001-00-00
Pages:159
Pub Types:Books; Collected Works - General
Abstract:This collection of 14 first-hand accounts from experienced and accomplished learning technology practitioners highlights issues in using learning technologies for flexible, distance, and open learning. The papers are as follows: "Using Learning Technologies: An Introduction" (Margaret Haughey); "Naming the Learning Technology Issues in Developing Countries" (Barbara Spronk); "Public and Institutional Policy Interplay" (Judith M. Roberts, Erin M. Keough, and Lucille Pacey); "Getting the Systems Right" (Christine Marrett and Claudia Harvey); "Developing Course Materials" (Judith Kamau); "Lessons from Our Cyberclassroom" (Catherine Cavanaugh, Evelyn Ellermon, Lori Oddson, and Arlene Young); "Teacher or Avatar? Identity Issues in Computer-Mediated Contexts" (Gill Kirkup); "Web-Based Research Assistance" (Suzanne Sexty); "'No One Will Listen to Us': Rural Fulbe Women Learning by Radio in Nigeria" (Lantana Usman); "Confronting Barriers to Distance Study in Tanzania" (Edith Mhehe); "Reflections on Evaluating Online Learning and Teaching" (Charlotte Gunawardena); "Evaluating the Use of Learning Technologies" (Mary Thorpe); "Gender-Sensitive Evaluation Research" (Christine von Prummer and Ute Rossie); and "Using Learning Technologies: A Synthesis of Challenges and Guidelines" (Elizabeth J. Burge), which draws together themes and ideas from all the authors to provide a synthesis of their stated challenges in using learning technologies and a concise summary of their guidelines for informed practice. An index is provided. (YLB)
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Identifiers:Athabasca University AB; Canada; Nigeria; Open University (Great Britain); Open University of Tanzania; University of Botswana; University of the West Indies
Record Type:Non-Journal
Level:3 - Indexed only
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ISBN:ISBN-0-415-21688-5
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Audiences:Administrators; Practitioners; Researchers
Languages:English
Education Level:Adult Education; Higher Education
 

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