Online science learning best practices and technologies /

"This book reviews trends and efforts in web-based science instruction and evaluates contemporary philosophies and pedagogies of online science instruction. This title on an emergent and vital area of education clearly demonstrates how to enrich the academic character and quality of web-based s...

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Main Author: Downing, Kevin F.
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Holtz, Jennifer K.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
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260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2008. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (xvii, 353 p. : ill., map) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Section I: Science Education and Online Science Learning -- 1. Online Science: Its Role in Fostering Global Scientific Capital -- 2. Controversies and Concurrence in Science Education -- 3. Virtual School Science -- 4. Taking University Science Education Online -- 5. The Role of Practical Work in Online Science -- 6. Knowledge Transfer and Collaboration Structures for Online Science -- 
505 0 # |a Section II: Online Science Instructional Strategies and Technologies -- 7. Online Science: Contemporary Approaches to Practical Work -- 8. The Cutting Edge: Promising Technologies and Strategies for Online Science Education -- 
505 0 # |a Section III: Assessing Online Science Learning -- 9. Assessing Science Competence Achieved at a Distance -- 
505 0 # |a Section IV: Disciplinary Examples in Online Science Courses -- 10. Online Mathematics and Physical Science (Mathematics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Physics) -- 11. Online Geoscience -- 12. Online Life Sciences -- 
505 0 # |a Section V: Best Practice Model for Online Science Learning -- 13. A Didactic Model for the Development of Effective Online Science Courses -- About the Authors -- Index. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
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530 # # |a Also available in print. 
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588 # # |a Title from ebook home page (viewed on July 13, 2010). 
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650 # 0 |a Education, Higher  |x Computer-assisted instruction. 
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