Internet & World Wide Web - General & Miscellaneous, Computer Reference - General & Miscellaneous, Employees - Training, Education Online, Computers & Technology in Education, Digital Media & New Communications Technologies
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Overview
This book is for every teacher or trainer—whose computer skills may be limited—who wants to understand the Internet educationally, and use it in his or her courses.As institutional pressures mount to integrate the Internet into teaching, this book provides a framework and a hands-on introduction to what's involved, whether it's adapting materials and teaching styles for the Web, or designing a virtual course. This book provides:
+ an introduction to the key educational concepts needed to adapt teaching methods and materials to the medium of the Internet
+ an introduction to both basic and advanced Internet skills-from using e-mail to collaborative conferencing
+ a framework for harnessing the Internet to achieve educational goals, and successfully exploiting its resources, features and applications to promote effective learning
The framework starts from the premise that teachers should progressively apply Internet technology as their skills and confidence develop. It develops the concept of "augmented" teaching styles—supplementing traditional teaching with Intenet based options; demonstrates how to use modules as the building blocks for Web-based learning; and shows how to use the Internet to deliver individualized learning, by enhancing personal communication between teacher and student, and addressing the diversity of learning styles.
The book abounds with inspiring and thought-provoking examples of Internet course materials developed by a wide variety of teachers and trainers, including modules and forms created by the authors who have extensive experience in delivering Internet-based courses.
A glossary of terms and directory of Internet sites and resources complete the book, which is also supported by a related Web site.
Editorials
British Journal of Educational Teaching
.. This little book is remarkably good at provoking thoughts...Computers & Education
.. A strength is the book's generally light-hearted and encouraging tone, featuring many anecdotes from the authors' experiences in using a range of internet tools.Educational Technology Review
..the effective use of the Internet to achieve particular pedagogic objectives requires considerable thought and planning. In this context, this book is a very helpful one in that it provides a useful framework for applying Internet technology to support World Wide Web-based learning activities....Overall, I found this book a very easy one to read. It has a reasonably consistent style and pitch - even though the various chapters originate from many different authors....As far as its content is concerned, the book contains lots of useful suggestions and tips for using the Internet as an educational resource. These are reinforced by the extensive index of Web resources that is included in the book.Wisconsin Bookwatch
[This book] offers inspiring and thought-provoking examples of Internet course materials developed by a wide variety of educators and trainers across many disciplines...[It] is highly recommended, informative reading for student teachers and for classroom instructors at all levels, K-12 and Collegiate...Book Details
Published
June 10, 1999
Publisher
Stylus Pub Llc
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781579220099