| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages : illustrations) : digital files |
| Contents |
1. Emerging frontiers of learning online / Glenn Finger, Pei-Chen Sun, Romina Jamieson-Proctor -- 2. Empowering adult learners through blog / Michael Griffith, Loong Woong -- 3. Perspectives on the realities of virtual learning / Kristina Carrier -- 4. The virtual university / David Stein, Hilda Glazer, Constance Wanstreet -- 5. Using Moodle to teach constructivist learning design skills to adult learners / Doug Holton -- 6. Community of inquiry in adult online learning / Zehra Akyol, D. Garrison -- 7. Social networking, adult learning success and Moodle / Margaret Martinez, Sheila Jagannathan -- 8. Collaborative learning / Hakikur Rahman -- 9. MIPO model / Paula Peres, Pedro Pimenta -- 10. Today's technologies / Jeff Cain -- 11. Web 2.0 technology for problem-based and collaborative learning / Clive Buckley, Angela William -- 12. Information literacy in the digital age / Terry Kidd, Jared Keengwe -- 13. Integrating blogs in teacher education / Yungwei Hao -- 14. Facebook as public pedagogy / Richard Freishtat, Jennifer Sandlin -- 15. Adult learners learning online / Danilo Baylen -- 16. Teaching technology to digital immigrants / Danika Rockett, Tamara Powell, Amy Vessel, Kimberly Kimbell-Lopez, Carrice Cummins, Janis Hill |
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17. Some key success factors in web-based corporate training in Brazil / Luiz Joia -- 18. Web 2.0 technologies / Teresa Torres-Coronas, Ricard Moncl̐Μưus-Guitart, Araceli Rodr̐Μưiguez-Merayo, M. Vidal-Blasco, M. Sim̐Μưon-Olmos -- 19. Using virtual learning environments to present different learning blends / Robert McClelland -- 20. Designing contextualized interaction for learning / Marcus Specht -- 21. Employing innovative learning strategies using an E-learning platform / Andrina Granic, Maja Cuku̐Μưsic, Aimilia Tzanavari, George Papadopoulos |
| Summary |
As instructors move further into the incorporation of 21st century technologies in adult education, a new paradigm of digitally-enriched mediated learning has emerged. Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Online Technologies and Outcomes provides a comprehensive framework of trends and issues related to adult learning for the facilitation of authentic learning in the age of digital technology. This significant reference source offers researchers, academicians, and practitioners a valuable compendium of expert ideas, practical experiences, field challenges, and potential opportunities concerning the advancement of new technological and pedagogical techniques used in adult schooling |
| Analysis |
Adult online learning |
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Blogs to promote learning online |
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Collaborative learning |
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Empowering adult learners through blog |
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Facebook community and learning |
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Integrating blogs in teacher education |
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Realities of virtual learning |
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Social networking |
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Teaching technology to digital immigrants |
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Teaching to learning styles |
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Virtual university |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Adult education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
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Continuing education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
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Internet in education.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kidd, Terry T.
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Keengwe, Jared, 1973-
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IGI Global.
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| LC no. |
2009024790 |
| ISBN |
9781605668291 (ebook) |
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160566829X (ebook) |
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