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Not only have educators and trainers alike begun to harness the
power of instructional technology and human performance techniques,
but now businesses and industries have incorporated these
technologies for training development and performance improvement.
""The Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional
Technology"" provides theoretical understanding of the essential
link between education, training development, organization
development, performance improvement, and instructional technology.
An innovative publication useful to worldwide businesses, industry,
schools, and higher academic institutions, this Handbook of
Research is instrumental in providing the latest knowledge related
to instructional technology and human performance in order to meet
the needs and challenges of tomorrow.
Ubiquitous Learning: Strategies for Pedagogy, Course Design, and
Technology bridges the gap between digital media and education, by
presenting an intriguing look on the future of education. By
combining theory, research, and practice, this book paints a broad
picture of ubiquitous learning by focusing on the integration of
instructional design, models of course design, and the application
of mobile and social media technology to create, support, and
deliver a ubiquitous learning environment. This book is of interest
to researchers and graduate students in educational technology,
information sciences, adult learning and other learning and
performance fields, as well as university faculty, teachers,
administrators, policymakers, and industry leaders, who can use
this text to make essential decisions related to their respective
roles in education. Ubiquitous Learning: Strategies for Pedagogy,
Course Design, and Technology is a great reference for those who
wish to enhance their levels of teaching and student engagement
though the use of technology.
Edited by Terry T. Kidd, Texas A&M University and Irene Chen,
University of Houston-Downtown Ubiquitous Learning: Strategies for
Pedagogy, Course Design, and Technology bridges the gap between
digital media and education, by presenting an intriguing look on
the future of education. By combining theory, research, and
practice, this book paints a broad picture of ubiquitous learning
by focusing on the integration of instructional design, models of
course design, and the application of mobile and social media
technology to create, support, and deliver a ubiquitous learning
environment. This book is of interest to researchers and graduate
students in educational technology, information sciences, adult
learning and other learning and performance fields, as well as
university faculty, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and
industry leaders, who can use this text to make essential decisions
related to their respective roles in education. Ubiquitous
Learning: Strategies for Pedagogy, Course Design, and Technology is
a great reference for those who wish to enhance their levels of
teaching and student engagement though the use of technology.
As instructors move further into the incorporation of 21st century
technologies in adult education, a new paradigm of
digitally-enriched mediated learning has emerged. ""Adult Learning
in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Online Technologies and
Outcomes"" provides a comprehensive framework of trends and issues
related to adult learning for the facilitation of authentic
learning in the age of digital technology. This significant
reference source offers researchers, academicians, and
practitioners a valuable compendium of expert ideas, practical
experiences, field challenges, and potential opportunities
concerning the advancement of new technological and pedagogical
techniques used in adult schooling.
Web 2.0 is a term used to describe an apparent second generation of
the World Wide Web that emphasizes collaboration and sharing of
knowledge and content among users. With the growing popularity of
Web 2.0, there has been a burgeoning interest in education. Tools
such as blogs, wikis, RSS, social networking sites, tag-based
folksonomies, and peer-to-peer (P2P) media sharing applications
have gained a prominence in teaching and learning. With ""Wired for
Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0"" there is tremendous
potential for addressing the needs student, teachers, researchers,
and practitioners to enhance the teaching and learning experiences
through customization, personalization, and rich opportunities for
networking and collaboration. The purpose of this text is to
clarify and present applications and practices of Web 2.0 for
teaching and learning to meet the educational challenges of
students in diverse learning setting. This text will bring teachers
and university education into a bold new reality and cause them to
move to think differently about technology's potential for
strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and
interactive learning.
Web 2.0 is a term used to describe an apparent second generation of
the World Wide Web that emphasizes collaboration and sharing of
knowledge and content among users. With the growing popularity of
Web 2.0, there has been a burgeoning interest in education. Tools
such as blogs, wikis, RSS, social networking sites, tag-based
folksonomies, and peer-to-peer (P2P) media sharing applications
have gained a prominence in teaching and learning. With ""Wired for
Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0"" there is tremendous
potential for addressing the needs student, teachers, researchers,
and practitioners to enhance the teaching and learning experiences
through customization, personalization, and rich opportunities for
networking and collaboration. The purpose of this text is to
clarify and present applications and practices of Web 2.0 for
teaching and learning to meet the educational challenges of
students in diverse learning setting. This text will bring teachers
and university education into a bold new reality and cause them to
move to think differently about technology's potential for
strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and
interactive learning.
The expanding field of adult learning encompasses the study and
practice of utilizing sound instructional design principals,
technology, and learning theory as a means to solve educational
challenges and human performance issues relating to adults, often
occurring online. ""Online Education and Adult Learning: New
Frontiers for Teaching Practices"" disseminates current issues and
trends emerging in the field of adult e-learning and online
instruction for the design of better products and services. This
advanced publication provides theoretical understanding of the
essential links between authentic learning, social psychology,
instructional design, e-learning, online education, and various
additional methods of adult learning.
An interdisciplinary field, technology and culture, or social
informatics, is part of a larger body of socio-economic,
socio-psychological, and cultural research that examines the ways
in which technology and groups within society are shaped by social
forces within organizations, politics, economics, and culture.
Given the popularity and increased usage of technology, it is
imperative that educators, trainers, consultants, administrators,
researchers, and professors monitor the current trends and issues
relating to social side of technology in order to meet the needs
and challenges of tomorrow.""Social Information Technology""
provides educators, trainers, consultants, administrators,
researchers, and professors with a fundamental research source for
definitions, antecedents, and consequences of social informatics
and the cultural aspect of technology. This groundbreaking research
work also addresses the major cultural/societal issues in social
informatics technology and society such as the Digital Divide, the
government and technology law, information security and privacy,
cyber ethics, technology ethics, and the future of social
informatics and technology, as well as concepts from technology in
developing countries.
Systems planning and management have become increasingly important
in the digital economy with new technologies having significant
implications for corporate strategies. The Handbook of Research on
Technology Project Management, Planning, and Operations provides
comprehensive coverage of information technology projects and
resources for researchers, educators, students, and field
practitioners. Through a collection of industry practical
experiences, challenges, and opportunities, this Handbook of
Research offers a compendium of terms, definitions, and
explanations for the advancement of knowledge within IT management.
This two-volume set provides information on the different styles of
instructional design methodologies, tips, and strategies on how to
use technology to facilitate active learning. It also highlights
techniques to help faculty and researchers develop online
instructional and teaching materials.
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