ERIC Number: ED459683
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 178
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ISBN: ISBN-0-7494-3520-8
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Online Learning and Teaching with Technology: Case Studies, Experience and Practice. Case Studies of Teaching in Higher Education.
Murphy, David, Ed.; Walker, Rob, Ed.; Webb, Graham, Ed.
This book contains case studies that look at using technology in a wide range of situations, from fully online courses to more traditional face-to-face settings. The case studies deal with issues related to student interaction, teaching and assessment, planning and development, and policy. The following case studies are included: (1) "Flame War" (Mike Robertshaw); (2) "Do Students Really Want To Interact? (Lori Wallace); (3) "Pacific Mayday: Conviviality Overboard" (Robert Boshier); (4) "Do We Really Need an Online Discussion Group?" (Charlotte Gunawardena, Jan Plass, and Mark Salisbury); (5) "Houston, We Have a Problem!" (Catherine McLoughlin and Joe Luca); (6) "Teaching Online...Reluctantly" (Bob Fox); (7) "Try, Try Again!" (Stephanie Tarbin and Chris Trevitt); (8) "Credit Where It's Due" (Robin Goodfellow); (9) "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" (Ron Oliver); (10) "Of Heaven and Hell" (Leonie Rowan and Chris Bigum); (11) "From Mouldy Disks to Online Fix" (Vikki Ravaga, Jennifer Evans, Taaloga Faasalaina, and Jo Osborne); (12) "'I Have Some Pages up!'" (Jo Bruce and Ruth Goodall); (13) "The Reluctant Software Developers" (Leonard Webster and David Murphy); (14) "The Great Courseware Gamble" (Bridget Somekh); (15) "Poetic Seeing" (Lee Kar Tin and Wong Lai Fong); (16) "Who Is Leading Whom?" (Michelle Selinger); (17) "Traveling without Maps" (Alison Littler and Jan Mahyuddin); (18) "Techno Hero Fiasco" (Julianne Moss, Mary Fearnley-Sander, and Claire Hiller); (19) "The Tragedy of the Early Adopters" (Mark Smithers and Christine Spratt). The book includes a list of further readings and an index. Many papers contain references. (Contains 35 references.) (MES)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Interaction
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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