1st Edition
Educational Development Through Information and Communications Technology
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
235 Pages
by
Routledge
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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has proved to be one of the key drivers of change in education. In higher education particularly, ICT is enabling educators, educational developers and institutions to 'reach out' to learners, using innovative approaches based on the flexibility, accessibility and diversity that it offers. This book is based on the experiences of expert educational... Read more
Contents: From Chalkface to interface/Vista University, SA; Maximizing learning/University of Malaya; Virtual learning environments/Middlesex Uni, UK; Introducing IT in class/Royal Roads Uni, Canada; Internet to develop student skills/Sheffield Hallam, UK; Active student learning/Staffs Uni, UK; Computer mediated communication/Bournemouth Uni, UK; Overcoming computer anxiety/Coventry Uni, UK; Assessment using ICT/Uni of Luton, UK; Student project support using ICT/Uni of Kent; Impact of the lap-top/Clayton College and State University, US; Quality assurance and ICT/RMIT, Australia; External quality assurance/Anglia Polytechnic, UK; Careers education through ICT/Uni of Luton, UK; Institution-wide ICT implementation to aid learning/Uni of Wolverhampton, UK; Countering Internet papermills/Coastal Carolina Uni, US; Institution-wide ICT strategies for university education/University of Delaware, US; Pegagogically based web design/Coventry Uni, UK; ICT in research/Uni of Warwick, UK; Networked staff development/Uni of Shefield, UK; ICT for world-wide collaboration/Uni of Greenwich, UK; Post-graduate supervisor development using ICT/Uni of Sydney, Australia.
Biography
Dr Stephen Fallows is Reader in Educational Development at the University of Luton. Dr Rakesh Bhanot is the Programme Manager for the postgraduate course in Learning and Teaching in HE at Coventry University.
'There is something of interest for a wide audience and it would be of use to all educational developers' - Educational Developments
'An honest but optimistic view of the development of education through information and communications technology.' - Janet Goodhall, Escalate
