Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning Foundations and Applications

Veletsianos, George, ed. (2016) Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning Foundations and Applications. Issues in Distance Education . Athabasca University Press, Canada. ISBN 9781771991506

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Abstract

Educational systems worldwide are facing an enormous shift as a result of sociocultural, political, economic, and technological changes. The technologies and practices that have developed over the last decade have been heralded as opportunities to transform both online and traditional education systems. While proponents of these new ideas often postulate that they have the potential to address the educational problems facing both students and institutions and that they could provide an opportunity to rethink the ways that education is organized and enacted, there is little evidence of emerging technologies and practices in use in online education. Because researchers and practitioners interested in these possibilities often reside in various disciplines and academic departments the sharing and dissemination of their work across often rigid boundaries is a formidable task.

Contributors to Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning include individuals who are shaping the future of online learning with their innovative applications and investigations on the impact of issues such as openness, analytics, MOOCs, and social media. Building on work first published in Emerging Technologies in Distance Education, the contributors to this collection harness the dispersed knowledge in online education to provide a one-stop locale for work on emergent approaches in the field. Their conclusions will influence the adoption and success of these approaches to education and will enable researchers and practitioners to conceptualize, critique, and enhance their understanding of the foundations and applications of new technologies.

With contributions by Terry Anderson, R. S. Baker, Angela D. Benson, Amy Collier, Alec Couros, Michael Dowdy, Margaret Edwards, B. J. Eib, Cassidy Hall, Katia Hildebrant, P. S. Inventado, Royce Kimmons, Trey Martindale, Rolin Moe, Beth Perry, Jen Ross, Elizabeth Wellburn, and Andrew Whitworth.

Item Type: Book
Uncontrolled Keywords: Digital Education;Learning Analytics;MOOC; Community Online Course;Open Social Learning
Subjects: Education
Curriculam Level: 7. Post secondary
Depositing User: COL Staff
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2021 17:38
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2021 04:15
URI: https://png.oer4pacific.org/id/eprint/12

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