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Flexible learning in an information society
Title:
Flexible learning in an information society
Author:
Khan, Badrul H. (Badrul Huda), 1958-
ISBN:
9781599043272
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xvii, 354 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Flexible learning in an open and distributed environment -- Modes of openness and flexibility in cognitive flexibility hypertext learning environments -- Authentic learning on the web: guidelines for course design -- Designing community learning in web-based environments -- Intercultural collaborative project-based learning in online environments -- We'll leave the light on for you: keeping learners motivated in online courses -- Humanizing learning-at-distance: best practice guidelines for synchronous instructors -- Storytelling as a web-based workplace learning pedagogy -- Use of virtual exhibits for promoting science learning on the webs of science centers -- Flexible online learning - onsite! -- Asynchronous content design for flexible learning: the macro and micro level of frameworks to share knowledge online between professionals and community -- Online faculty proficiency and peer coaching -- What do they learn? -- Mobile learning technologies -- Strategies for sharing the TeMoTe: changing the nature of online collaboration -- Integrating multimedia cues in e-learning documents for enhanced learning -- Interface design for web learning -- Improving the usability of distance learning through template modification -- Management of the learning space -- Ethical issues in web-based learning -- Moving toward the implementation of contextualized educational technology.

Evaluation strategies for open and distributed learning environments -- Components of effective evaluation in online learning environments -- Flexible assessment: some tensions and solutions -- Toward a comprehensive model of e-learning evaluation: the components -- Evaluating flexible learning in terms of course quality -- Assessing online collaborative learning: a theory, methodology, and toolset -- Evaluating the flexibility of learning processes in e-learning environments -- Obstacles encountered by learners, instructors, technical support, and librarians -- A program satisfaction survey instrument for online students.
Abstract:
"This book uses a flexible learning framework to explain the best ways of creating a meaningful learning environment. This framework consists of eight factors - institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation; a systematic understanding of these factors creates successful flexible learning environments"--Provided by publisher.
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