Education : Computers & Technology

This is the second volume of six in Michael Allen’s e-Learning Library—a comprehensive collection of proven techniques for creating e-learning applications that achieve targeted behavioral outcomes through meaningful, memorable, and motivational learning experiences. This book examines common instructional design practices with a critical eye and recommends substituting success rather than tradition as a guide. Drawing from theory, research, and experience in learning and behavioral change, the author provides a framework for addressing a broader range of learner needs and achieving superior performance outcomes. more...

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Online education in nursing is an exciting, rapidly changing field. Keeping pace with these changes, this new edition includes everything an educator needs to know about developing an online learning environment. The book provides practical guidelines on using the Web to teach student nurses, train or retrain nurses, and certify competencies and skills. This updated edition also includes cutting-edge research on clinical education and training, consumer education, and blended learning, which integrates classroom and online teaching methods. Also included are current online resources, links, and references. Key Features:.:.; Provides guidelines on translating courses from the classroom to the online environment.; Includes three new chapters on Web-based learning theories and teaching with technology.; Guides instructors on how to build a community in an online environment.; Includes practical guidelines for student assessment and evaluation in online education. As the most comprehensive and thorough guidebook on online nursing education, this book is an essential resource for nursing instructors looking to expand their knowledge of the Web, technology, and the online nursing environment.;chapter more...

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This work offers an innovative insight into the many unique ways in which drama teaching can be integrated with digital gaming technology in order to make the student learning experience one that is truly memorable. "Teaching Drama with Digital Technology" explores the rapidly evolving intersections between drama, digital gaming, technology and teaching. It documents the praxis (practice and research) that move beyond anecdotal discussion of approaches and design. The contributors explore the realities of teaching an ancient aesthetic form in classrooms full of technologically able students. It also examines cases from classroom practice to present teaching, with approaches and understandings that are based on evidence and supported by cutting edge learning theory from educational leaders in drama and technology. This series takes a scholarly look at the significant impact digital technology has had on teaching. Each book takes a different subject and discusses the specific implications the increased used of digital technology as a tool for learning has on their particular topic. more...

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Questo volume offre una panoramica sull???evoluzione della formazione in rete, ponendo l???attenzione sia sulle possibili trasformazioni operate dalle nuove tecnologie sulla didattica, sia sull???aspetto pi?? squisitamente tecnico, attraverso l???analisi dei sistemi per la formazione online. Lo scopo ?? quello di avvicinare all???e-learning docenti, studenti e chiunque abbia intenzione di saperne di pi?? su un argomento che, per molti versi, resta ancora sconosciuto alla maggior parte di coloro che operano nel mondo della formazione. Si intende fornire, cio??, la possibilit?? di entrare in contatto con le innumerevoli opportunit?? che le nuove tecnologie offrono per trasformare, migliorare e rendere pi?? accessibile l???insegnamento e l???apprendimento, con uno sguardo alle prospettive future di un settore che si presenta in continua evoluzione. more...

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Outlines approaches to networked e-learning course design that are underpinned by a belief that students learn best in these contexts when they are organised in groups and communities. This book provides a detailed analysis of what goes on in e-learning groups and communities. more...

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