There is a general notion that adult education literature generally supports the idea that teaching adults should be approached in a different way than teaching children. Adult learners include working adults with family responsibilities, older workers who may not feel confident about returning to school and people who are currently in the workforce and who need to upgrade skills and knowledge. The combination of synchronous and asynchronous transmission with face to face instruction allow for the implementation of a new Blended Collaborative Learning Environment, which is flexible in terms of location, time, and pace of adult learners. Blended Learning Environments for Adults: Evaluations and Frameworks demonstrates the view that Information and Communication Technologies should not be considered as a neutral teaching medium, but instead be implemented under pedagogical conditions; aiming at the development of critical thinking through their creative integration into the social and cultural context. This comprehensive collection brings a group of scholars in order to build up a pedagogical approach and analytical implementation steps and directions for designing and implementing Blended Learning Collaborative Environments for adults.

This book is an essential text for researchers and academics seeking the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of e-learning and ICT in education. It provides expanded peer-reviewed content from research presented at the 9th Panhellenic Conference on ICT in Education. It focuses on providing original research on the most cutting edge e-Learning technologies, including CSCL, ICT based learning, ICT and instructional design, serious games and game design, virtual learning environments, robotics in education, ubiquitous learning, distance learning, digital literacies, learning analytics, social media in education and e-assessment.

This book is an essential text for researchers and academics seeking the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of e-learning and ICT in education. It provides expanded peer-reviewed content from research presented at the 9th Panhellenic Conference on ICT in Education. It focuses on providing original research on the most cutting edge e-Learning technologies, including CSCL, ICT based learning, ICT and instructional design, serious games and game design, virtual learning environments, robotics in education, ubiquitous learning, distance learning, digital literacies, learning analytics, social media in education and e-assessment.