Open & Distance Education and eLearning Books

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271. Distance Education for Teacher Training

     Edited by Hilary Perraton

     An invaluable publication to all concerned with teacher education, presenting the advantages and drawbacks of distance education or open learning....

     Published July 7th 1993 by Routledge
272. Computers As Cognitive Tools

     Edited by Susanne P. Lajoie, Sharon J. Derry

     Series: Technology and Education Series

     Highlighting and illustrating several important and interesting theoretical trends that have emerged in the continuing development of instructional technology, this book's organizational framework is based on the notion of two opposing camps. One evolves out of the intelligent tutoring movement,...

     Published May 31st 1993 by Routledge
273. Participatory Design

     Principles and Practices

     Edited by Douglas Schuler, Aki Namioka

     The voices in this collection are primarily those of researchers and developers concerned with bringing knowledge of technological possibilities to bear on informed and effective system design. Their efforts are distinguished from many previous writings on system development by their central and...

     Published February 28th 1993 by CRC Press
274. The Geometric Supposer

     What Is It A Case Of?

     Edited by Judah L. Schwartz, Michal Yerushalmy, Beth Wilson

     Series: Technology and Education Series

     This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives. It brings together the views and experiences of software designers, curriculum writers, teachers and students, researchers and administrators. Thus, it stands...

     Published February 28th 1993 by Routledge
275. Structural Knowledge

     Techniques for Representing, Conveying, and Acquiring Structural Knowledge

     By David H. Jonassen, Katherine Beissner, Michael Yacci, Katherine Beissner

     Edited by Michael Yacci, Michael Yacci

     This book introduces the concept of a hypothetical type of knowledge construction -- referred to as structural knowledge -- that goes beyond traditional forms of information recall to provide the bases for knowledge application. Assuming that the validity of the concept is accepted, the volume...

     Published January 31st 1993 by Routledge
276. Cognitive Approaches To Automated Instruction

     Edited by J. Wesley Regian, Valerie J. Shute, Valerie Shute

     Useful to researchers as well as practitioners looking for guidance on designing automated instruction systems, this book provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in this research area. In so doing, it focuses on the two critical problems: first, diagnosis of the student's current level of...

     Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
277. Electronic Quills

     A Situated Evaluation of Using Computers for Writing in Classrooms

     By Bertram C. Bruce, Andee Rubin, with contributi Barnhardt and Teachers

     Series: Technology and Education Series

     This volume centers on the words and experiences of teachers and students who used QUILL -- a software package developed by the authors to aid in writing instruction. It looks in detail at the stories of these early users and considers questions relevant for other teachers, students, researchers,...

     Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
278. Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction

     A Conversation

     Edited by Thomas M. Duffy, David H. Jonassen

     This book is about the implications of constructivism for instructional design practices, and more importantly, it is about a dialogue between instructional developers and learning theorists. Working with colleagues in each discipline, the editors were amazed to find a general lack of familiarity...

     Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
279. Labnet

     Toward A Community of Practice

     Edited by Richard Ruopp, Shahaf Gal, Brian Drayton, Meghan Pfister

     Series: Technology and Education Series

     Connected by a computer telecommunications network, ninth-graders from eight high schools scattered thousands of miles across Alaska work together, building a robot submarine to gather samples from the floor of Prince William Sound. This is high school science as some teachers and educational...

     Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
280. Computer Assisted Instruction and Intelligent Tutoring Systems

     Shared Goals and Complementary Approaches

     Edited by Jill H. Larkin, Ruth W. Chabay

     Series: Technology and Education Series

     The fields of computer-assisted instruction and intelligent tutoring systems have had few vehicles for sharing ideas or programs. Different backgrounds and settings meant reading different journals and attending different conferences. The purpose of this book is to foster a mutual understanding of...

     Published December 31st 1991 by Routledge