Evaluating the impact of technology on learning, teaching, and designing curriculum emerging trends /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Ng, Eugenia M. W., 1959-, Karacapilidis, Nikos., Raisinghani, Mahesh S., 1967-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: Educational technology.; Educational innovations.; Web-based instruction.; Internet in education.; Computer-assisted instruction.; Employees > Training of > Computer-assisted instruction.; Blended learning; Cognitive mapping; Communities of practice; Web-based learning communities; Distance education; E-learning effectiveness; Narrative writing; Online discussion forums; Online research labs; Web-based technologies
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"This book provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss the current and potential impact of online learning and training and to formulate methodologies for the creation of effective learning systems"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Does technology uptake convert to effectiveness?: re-evaluating e-learning effectiveness / Monika Mital
• 2. Framework for developing and assessing business education Wikis / Sunil Hazari and Tiffany Penland
• 3. Cognitive mapping decision support for the design of Web-based learning environments / Raafat George Saadé
• 4. Strategies for enhancing and evaluating interactivity in web-based learning and teaching / Adams B. Bodomo
• 5. Fostering higher knowledge construction levels in online discussion forums: an exploratory case study / Khe Foon Hew and Wing Sum Cheung
• 6. Exploring the association between leisure time digital immersion, attention and reasoning ability in pre-teens / Mick Grimley, Mary Allan and Cathy Solomon
• 7. The impact of blogging and scaffolding on primary school pupils' narrative writing: a case study / Ruth Mei Fen Wong and Khe Foon Hew
• 8. Cognitive apprenticeship in an online research lab for graduate students in psychology / Stephanie W. Cawthon, Alycia Harris and Robin Jones
• 9. A knowledge management process in communities of practice of engineering based on the SECI model for knowledge / Akila Sarirete and Azeddine Chikh
• 10. Supporting the interconnection of communities of practice: the example of TE-Cap 2 / Élise Lavoué and Sébastien George
• 11. The blended learning ecosystem of an academic institution in Greece / Mara Nikolaidou ... [et al.]
• 12. The automatic evaluation of website metrics and state / Izzat Alsmadi
• 13. Finding determinants affecting distance education effectiveness in terms of learner satisfaction and application achievement / Jeong-Wook Kim ... [et al.].