Personal Learning Networks

Author : Will Richardson
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1935543296
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book written by Will Richardson and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet connects us in unprecedented ways. To prepare students to flourish in this new learning world, schools will need to transform themselves in important ways. This book is a road map for any educator thinking about using the web for learning. Build your own learning network, and use learning networks in the classroom and schoolwide to improve student outcomes.

Author : Angus Willson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 147103917X
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Establishing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) through social media written by Angus Willson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing professional development in a fast-changing world needs to be individual and flexible for teachers' requirements. Needs now, and for the future, are specific and wide-ranging. The potential for a personal learning network (PLN) is in your hands. This manual will be applicable for all phases, subjects, aspects of learning and leadership. It will be appropriate for those familiar with or new to social media. It concerns professional participation and engagement. It is actively hands-on. Many examples are given to explore and decide what would be most effective for a continuing plan of action.

Author : George Veletsianos
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1897425767
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Technologies in Distance Education written by George Veletsianos and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighted are the pedagogical, organizational, cultural, social, and economic factors that influence the adoption and integration of emerging technologies in distance education. Advice is offered on how educators can launch effective and engaging distance education initiatives, in response to technological advancements, changing mindsets, and economic and organizational pressures.

Author : Audrey Watters
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026254606X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Machines written by Audrey Watters and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How ed tech was born: Twentieth-century teaching machines--from Sidney Pressey's mechanized test-giver to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Contrary to popular belief, ed tech did not begin with videos on the internet. The idea of technology that would allow students to "go at their own pace" did not originate in Silicon Valley. In Teaching Machines, education writer Audrey Watters offers a lively history of predigital educational technology, from Sidney Pressey's mechanized positive-reinforcement provider to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Watters shows that these machines and the pedagogy that accompanied them sprang from ideas--bite-sized content, individualized instruction--that had legs and were later picked up by textbook publishers and early advocates for computerized learning. Watters pays particular attention to the role of the media--newspapers, magazines, television, and film--in shaping people's perceptions of teaching machines as well as the psychological theories underpinning them. She considers these machines in the context of education reform, the political reverberations of Sputnik, and the rise of the testing and textbook industries. She chronicles Skinner's attempts to bring his teaching machines to market, culminating in the famous behaviorist's efforts to launch Didak 101, the "pre-verbal" machine that taught spelling. (Alternate names proposed by Skinner include "Autodidak," "Instructomat," and "Autostructor.") Telling these somewhat cautionary tales, Watters challenges what she calls "the teleology of ed tech"--the idea that not only is computerized education inevitable, but technological progress is the sole driver of events.

Author : Chris Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351996975
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networks for Learning written by Chris Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on Professional Learning Networks in order to facilitate teacher development and encourage school and school system improvement. However, despite the understanding that PLNs can contribute significantly to improving teaching practice and student achievement, there are key challenges regarding their use. These challenges include: ensuring PLNs can provide opportunities for generating and sharing knowledge within schools enabling teachers and professionals to direct their own development helping individuals change their practices through inquiry-led approaches facilitating partnerships which work across a variety of stakeholders In this new edited volume, Brown and Poortman evaluate these challenges from both a theoretical and practical approach. A multitude of perspectives from a team of international contributors covers: the importance of Professional Learning Networks the use of evidence within PLNs the impact of inter-school networks international cases of networks and communities the promotion and sustainability of PLNs Also featuring case studies and exemplars to contextualise sustainable learning networks, Networks For Learning is an accessible and thoroughly-researched book, which will be essential reading and a valuable resource for researchers, teachers and school leaders who are interested in developing professional learning networks.

Author : Mousten, Birthe
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522541551
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments written by Mousten, Birthe and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern technology has enhanced many aspects of life, including classroom education. By offering virtual learning experiences, educational systems can become more efficient and effective at teaching the student population. Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments is a critical scholarly resource that examines experiences with virtual networks and their advantages for universities and students in the domains of writing, translation, and usability testing. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as collaborative writing, project-based learning, and writing and translation practices, this book is geared towards administrators, teachers, professors, academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on multilingual writing and pedagogical cooperation in virtual learning environments.

Author : Todd Whitaker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317566424
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Connected Educators Do Differently written by Todd Whitaker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd Whitaker, Jeffrey Zoul, and Jimmy Casas are widely acclaimed experts on teaching and leading and are pioneers in the education twitterverse, and now they are sharing their best practices! In What Connected Educators Do Differently, they show how being a connected educator—by using social media to connect with peers across the country and even across the globe—will greatly enhance your own learning and your success in a school or classroom. You’ll find out how to create a personal and professional learning network to share resources and ideas, gain support, and make an impact on others. By customizing your professional development in this way, you’ll be able to learn what you want, how you want, when you want. Best of all, you’ll become energized and inspired by all the great ideas out there and how you can contribute, benefiting both you and your students. Whether you are a teacher or school leader, you will come away from this book with step-by-step advice and fresh ideas to try immediately. Being a connected educator has never been easier or more important than it is right now!

Author : Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135615381
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning Together Online written by Starr Roxanne Hiltz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the past and future of research on the effectiveness of learning networks (also known as "e-learning" or "online learning" or "Web-based learning"). Learning networks are groups of people using computer technology, communicating and collaborating online to build knowledge together. Over the past decade there has been an explosion not only of online courses, but also of studies on them. In Learning Together Online: Research on Asynchronous Learning Networks, leading researchers in the field use an integrated theoretical framework, which they call "Online Interaction Learning Theory," to organize what past research shows and where future research is going. It models the variables and processes that are important in determining the relative effectiveness of online learners working to reach a deeper level of understanding by interacting with each other and with the texts under investigation. Now that there have been hundreds of studies and thousands of courses offered online, what does the empirical evidence show? This book addresses the question directly by presenting what is known from research results about how to design and teach courses effectively online, ranging from the organizational context and characteristics of students to learning theories and research design methods. It also provides a research agenda for the next decade. Learning Together Online: Research on Asynchronous Learning Networks is both a textbook for graduate students and a professional reference for faculty teaching online, researchers conducting studies, and graduate students taking courses about learning technologies who need to know the state of the art of research in the area of online learning.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522551921
Total Pages : 2336 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Retrieval and Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 2336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increased use of technology in modern society, high volumes of multimedia information exists. It is important for businesses, organizations, and individuals to understand how to optimize this data and new methods are emerging for more efficient information management and retrieval. Information Retrieval and Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source for the latest academic material in the field of information and communication technologies and explores how complex information systems interact with and affect one another. Highlighting a range of topics such as knowledge discovery, semantic web, and information resources management, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for researchers, developers, managers, strategic planners, and advanced-level students.

Author : Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1935543199
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Connected Educator written by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a connected learning community through social media and rediscover the power of being a learner first. After uncovering the theories and research behind the significance of learning through collaboration with other educators, the authors show you how to take advantage of technology to improve your own learning and ultimately the learning of your students.