Open & Distance Education and eLearning Books

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71. Learning with Digital Games

    A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education

    By Nicola Whitton

    Series: Open and Flexible Learning Series

    Written for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning. Up to date with current trends and the changing learning needs of today’s students, this text offers...

    Published September 7th 2009 by Routledge
72. Distance and Blended Learning in Asia

    By Colin Latchem, Insung Jung

    Series: Open and Flexible Learning Series

    Distance and Blended Learning in Asia is a unique and comprehensive overview of open, distance learning (ODL) and information and communication technology (ICT) in Asian education and training. Broad in coverage, this book critically examines ODL and ICT experiences from Japan to Turkey and from...

    Published July 27th 2009 by Routledge
73. Changing Language Education Through CALL

    Edited by Randall P. Donaldson, Margaret A. Haggstrom

    Series: Routledge Studies in Computer Assisted Language Learning

    The last twenty years has seen a huge evolution in approaches to language-learning, due to new technology as well changing theories on how to best teach languages. Recognising the key relationship between research, practice and program development, Changing Language Education Through CALL is an...

    Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
74. Mobile Learning Communities

    Creating New Educational Futures

    By Patrick Alan Danaher, Beverley Moriarty, Geoff Danaher

    Mobile Learning Communities explores the diverse ways in which traveling groups experience learning ‘on the run’. This book provides empirical evidence that draws on the authors’ 17 years of continuing research with international occupational Travelers. It engages with themes such as workplace...

    Published June 2nd 2009 by Routledge
75. Constructivist Instruction

    Success or Failure?

    Edited by Sigmund Tobias, Thomas M. Duffy

    Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology,...

    Published March 31st 2009 by Routledge
76. Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume III

    Building a Common Knowledge Base

    Edited by Charles M. Reigeluth, Alison A. Carr-Chellman

    Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume III: Building a Common Knowledge Base is perhaps best described by its new subtitle. Whereas Volume II sought to comprehensively review the proliferating theories and models of instruction of the 1980’s and 1990’s, Volume III takes on an even more...

    Published February 1st 2009 by Routledge
77. Harnessing Technology for Every Child Matters and Personalised Learning

    By John Galloway

    This book takes into account three core policies: 'Every Child Matters', 'Personalised Learning', and 'Harnessing Technology', combined they are at the heart of changes to children and young peoples’ experiences of school. Harnessing Technology considers these policies and their interlinked...

    Published November 26th 2008 by David Fulton Publishers
78. Educating Learning Technology Designers

    Guiding and Inspiring Creators of Innovative Educational Tools

    Edited by Chris DiGiano, Shelley Goldman, Michael Chorost

    What knowledge and skills do designers of learning technologies need? What is the best way to train them to create high-quality educational technologies? Distilling the wisdom of expert instructors and designers, this cutting-edge guide offers a clear, accessible balance of theory and practical...

    Published November 25th 2008 by Routledge
79. Improving Classroom Learning with ICT

    By Rosamund Sutherland, Susan Robertson, Peter John

    Series: Improving Learning

    Improving Classroom Learning with ICT examines the ways in which ICT can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in different settings and across different subjects. Weaving together evidence of teachers’ and learners’ experiences of ICT, the authors: explain why the process...

    Published November 20th 2008 by Routledge
80. On the Internet

    2nd Edition

    By Hubert L. Dreyfus

    Series: Thinking in Action

    Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a new level of community? Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet argues that there is much in common between the disembodied, free floating web and Descartes' separation of...

    Published October 30th 2008 by Routledge