This book is about questions. Today's learners face constant change. Adaptive learner expertise is key to their survival on a learning journey that lasts a lifetime. This requires new thinking of all actors in the learning environment. The fundamental process through which this book was created is an extended in-depth dialogue among researchers, lifelong learners, educators, and thinkers.
"Working on this book was a very special kind of experience," says John Bransford (University of Washington), a contributing author to the book and renowned researcher on how people learn. While participating in the dialogue "we were all helped to ‘walk our talk’ and use technology to improve everything we did… I'm convinced that the conversations will not end with this book. Through technology-based dialogue facilitated by the magic touch of the editors’ leadership, I'm sure that all of us—authors and readers of this volume—will continue to learn from one another. This is the way that collaborative science should work."
Author(s): Dr. Jan Visser (auth.), Dr. Jan Visser, Dr. Muriel Visser-Valfrey (eds.)
Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series 12
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 302
Tags: Learning & Instruction; Educational Technology; Sociology of Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Higher Education
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Let the Dialogue Begin: An Introduction....Pages 1-10
Constructive Interaction with Change: Implications for Learners and the Environment in Which They Learn....Pages 11-35
The Learning Sciences, Technology and Designs for Educational Systems: Some Thoughts About Change....Pages 37-67
Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape: Reflections from an Instructional Design Perspective....Pages 69-90
The Influence of Epistemological Beliefs on Learners' Perceptions of Online Learning: Perspectives on Three Levels....Pages 91-108
Getting to Know the Feral Learner....Pages 109-133
Postsecondary Education in the Changing Learning and Living Landscapes....Pages 135-163
Online Learning in Context....Pages 165-186
New Online Learning Technologies: New Online Learner Competencies. Really?....Pages 187-211
Reflections on Seeking the ‘Invisible’ Online Learner....Pages 213-226
Will Games and Emerging Technologies Influence the Learning Landscape?....Pages 227-249
What Makes Good Online Instruction Good?: New Opportunities and Old Barriers....Pages 251-266
Why Basic Principles of Instruction Must Be Present in the Learning Landscape, Whatever Form It Takes, for Learning to Be Effective, Efficient and Engaging....Pages 267-275
We Question, We Reflect, and We Question Again, Therefore We Are…: An Analysis of the Evolving Dialogue Around the Central Themes in This Book....Pages 277-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-302
