Using Learning Technologies - International Perspectives on Practice

This edited collection focuses on the issues, practices and experience of using new technology for learning through distance education.

List of contents

Part 1 Introduction 1. Using Learning Technologies: An Introduction Part 2 Policy Issues 2. Naming the Learning Technology Issues in Developing Countries 3. Public and Institutional Policy Interplay: Canadian Examples 4. Getting the Systems Right: Experience at the University of the West Indies 5. Developing Course Materials: A Context of Technology Constraints Part 3 Practice Issues 6. Lessons from Our Cyberclassroom 7. Teacher or Avatar? Identity Issues in Computer-mediated Contexts 8. Web-based Research Assistance 9. 'No One Will Listen to Us': Rural Fulbe Women Learning by Radio in Nigeria 10. Confronting Barriers to Distance Study in Tanzania Part 4 Quality Issues 11. Reflections on Evaluating Online Learning and Teaching 12. Evaluating the Use of Learning Technologies 13. Gender-sensitive Evaluation Research 14. Using Learning Technologies: A Synthesis of Challenges and Guidelines

About the author

Elizabeth J. Burge, Margaret Haughey

Summary

This edited collection focuses on the issues, practices and experience of using new technology for learning through distance education.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elizabeth J Burge (Editor), Elizabeth J. Burge (Editor), Burge Elizabeth J. (Editor), Margaret Haughey (Editor), Haughey Margaret (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2001
• EAN: 9780415216883
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21688-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 330 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Distance Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Adult education, continuous learning, Open learning, home learning, distance education, Open learning, distance education, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology