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OverviewThere has been an explosion of Web-based courses in higher education. Aiming at an interdisciplinary audience, the contributors draw upon diverse philosophical and empirical backgrounds to make claims about Web-based pedagogy. Among the points they raise is the concern that education is more easily commodified through Internet technologies, implying that traditional faculty roles in teaching (and research) are at risk. Moreover, current understandings of what it means to be a teacher or a student are undergoing redefinition as a result of these new distance-learning technologies. The contributors note that Web-based pedagogy is associated with sound instruction when particular strategies are adopted. As a corollary, this form of teaching is least effective when attempts are made to directly translate traditional styles of teaching. Political, social, and economic interests are competing to shape the direction that online education will take. The authors argue that opportunities exist for administrators and faculty to define the terms under which Web-based learning will occur in their institutions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert A. ColePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.796kg ISBN: 9780313312267ISBN 10: 0313312265 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 30 June 2000 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book presents pioneering approaches to online education by some of its early practitioner-scholars....It should be must reading for those of us who wish to learn from the early experience of our colleagues. -William H. Dutton Professor of Communication University of Southern California Author of Society on the Line [A] splendid assembly of real thinking about the issues which matter ... this is a book to purchase, rather than to borrow; a book to read, then to re-read; a volume of assorted writings with coherence as well as readability ... it will certainly go into my reference collection, and, I recommend, should go into yours. -British Journal of Educational Technology �A� splendid assembly of real thinking about the issues which matter ... this is a book to purchase, rather than to borrow; a book to read, then to re-read; a volume of assorted writings with coherence as well as readability ... it will certainly go into my reference collection, and, I recommend, should go into yours. -British Journal of Educational Technology ?[A] splendid assembly of real thinking about the issues which matter ... this is a book to purchase, rather than to borrow; a book to read, then to re-read; a volume of assorted writings with coherence as well as readability ... it will certainly go into my reference collection, and, I recommend, should go into yours.?-British Journal of Educational Technology This book presents pioneering approaches to online education by some of its early practitioner-scholars....It should be must reading for those of us who wish to learn from the early experience of our colleagues. -William H. Dutton Professor of Communication University of Southern California Author of Society on the Line Author InformationROBERT A. COLE is Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, State University of New York at Oswego./e Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |