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The Online Teaching Survival Guide
Wiley 2010; US$ 38.00The Online Teaching Survival Guide provides an overview of theory-based techniques for online teaching or for a technology-enhanced course, including course management, social presence, community building, and debriefing. Based on traditional pedagogical theory, this resource integrates the latest research in cognitive processing and learning outcomes.... more...
Virtual Learning Environments
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 55.95Virtual learning environments are widely spread in higher education, yet they are often under utilised by the institutions that employ them. This book addresses the need to move beyond thinking about the VLE simply in terms of the particular package that an institution has adopted, and viewing it as a significant educational technology that will shape... more...
Transforming Virtual World Learning
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 79.99This book is a practical guide on how to transform your ideas into virtual world courseware. The book argues that setting up training in learning in 3D virtual worlds requires a transformative approach. . The advice given in this book comes from real world implementers of virtual worlds. It is meant to transform your thinking about creating and using... more...
Learning Technology and Institutional Strategy
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 199.00This e-book grew from a series of workshops sponsored by the JISC on institutional strategy which took place during 2010 and which involved around 20 UK Higher Education Institutions. During these workshops, which involved a range of stakeholders from each institution, we found considerable similarities and common patterns of practice amongst the strategic... more...
The Next Generation of Distance Education
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99The world of education is being radically altered with the change being driven by technology, openness, and unprecedented access to knowledge. Older correspondence-style methods of instructional delivery are passe and "classroom adapted to the web" approaches to learning are often ineffective and do little to harness the transformational... more...
Bildungsberatung im Fernlernen
W. Bertelsmann Verlag 2012; US$ 31.00Hauptbeschreibung Fernlernen wird immer beliebter. Fernstudierende erwerben vor allem abschlussbezogene Qualifikationen. Umso wichtiger ist eine gute Beratung, die die Lebenssituation und die persönlichen Bildungs- und Entwicklungsziele der Fernlerninteressierten berücksichtigt und gleichzeitig seriös und fachlich fundiert ist. Der Sammelband stellt... more...
Intelligent and Adaptive Educational-Learning Systems
Springer 2012; US$ 179.99V-Learning
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99Equally grounded in the research and the practical applications developed by the authors over a number of years, this book shows how virtual learning environments could represent the future of higher education. As academics begin to use environments such as Second Life to reach a broader student audience, this volume offers the distance-learning community... more...
Supporting Students in Online Open and Distance Learning
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 56.95This new addition to the respected Open and Distance Learning Series is an up-to-the-minute guide for educators wanting to come to terms with their support role in open and distance learning. Covering all aspects of student support from tuition and counselling through to the broad range of delivery methods available, the book offers practical solutions... more...
Learning What to Ignore
Springer 2013; US$ 69.95The acceptance of reason with uncertainty can help learners successfully manage their occupations and lives during the accelerations prominent in the 21st century. As William Ayers states: "Pritscher tilts his lance at the petrified orthodoxy we call teaching and learning, inviting us on a wild journey into the heart of education." The book... more...









