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e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook - Resources for Higher Education (Hardcover, New)
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e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook - Resources for Higher Education (Hardcover, New)
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Student engagement with digital learning resources and online
social networking are strong forces in education today. How can
these resources best be utilized by educators and course designers
in higher education? This book aims to provide the reader with
enough background information to appreciate the value of social
networking, especially for distributed education. Through
highlighting the most relevant, interesting, and challenging
aspects of e-learning the book provides practical advice for using
social networking tools in course design. This volume covers the
following issues of course design using social networking: key
issues of social networking as an educational technique designing
for a distributed environment strengths and weaknesses of
delivering content in various formats: text, audio and video
specific media: blogging, wikis, podcasting, webcasting constraints
on course design implementation, evaluation, induction and training
Illustrated by short descriptive case studies, it also highlights
contact addresses, websites, and further reading to help readers
find resources and enhance their design. This practical guide will
help all those involved in the design and delivery of online
learning in higher education make the best choices when preparing
courses for distributed learning. Robin Mason is Professor of
Educational Technology at the Open University where she is a
specialist in the design and practice of online teaching and
learning. Frank Rennie is Professor of Sustainable Rural
Development at the UHI Millennium Institute in the Highlands and
Islands of Scotland. Please visit the authors' wiki at:
www.socialnetworking.wetpaint.com
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