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March 29, 2017
Blended Learning Environments for Adults: Evaluations and Frameworks
- Author
- Anastasiades, Panagiotes S.
- Publisher
- IGI Global, Hershey PA
- ISBN
- 9781466609396
- Table of Contents
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Preface
ch. 1 Academic Development Perspectives of Blended Learning
ch. 2 The Definition of Blended Learning in Higher Education
ch. 3 Social Aspects and Web 2.0 Challenges in Blended Learning
ch. 4 Assistive Technologies and Environmental Design Concepts for Blended Learning and Teaching for Disabilities within 3D Virtual Worlds and Learning Envirornments
ch. 5 The 'Pleasure Principle' in Blended Learning Approaches
ch. 6 The Artificial Intelligence in the Support of e-Learning Management and Quality Maintenance
ch. 7 Developing a Collaborative ELearning Construction Framework for Blended Learning
ch. 8 Internet-Based Remove Laboratories as a Part of a Blended Learning Environment
ch. 9 A Program-Based Approach to Developing and Implementing Blended Instruction: The University of Vermont School Library Media Studies Sequence
ch. 10 Framework for Evaluating Blended Learning in a University Public-Speaking Course in Singapore
ch. 11 Using a Blended e-Learning Cooperative Approach in Higher Education: A Case from Egypt
ch. 12 Design of a Blended Learning Environment for the Training of Greek Teachers: Results of the Survey on Educational Needs
ch. 13 Enabling Creative Blended Learning for Adults through Learning Design
ch. 14 Theoretical Rationale for Designing a Blended Learning Teachers' Professional Development Program
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index
There is a general notion that adult education literature generally supports the idea that teaching adults should be approached in a different way than teaching children. Adult learners include working adults with family responsibilities, older workers who may not feel confident about returning to school and people who are currently in the workforce and who need to upgrade skills and knowledge. The combination of synchronous and asynchronous transmission with face to face instruction allow for the implementation of a new Blended Collaborative Learning Environment, which is flexible in terms of location, time, and pace of adult learners.
Blended Learning Environments for Adults: Evaluations and Frameworks demonstrates the view that Information and Communication Technologies should not be considered as a neutral teaching medium, but instead be implemented under pedagogical conditions; aiming at the development of critical thinking through their creative integration into the social and cultural context. This comprehensive collection brings a group of scholars in order to build up a pedagogical approach and analytical implementation steps and directions for designing and implementing Blended Learning Collaborative Environments for adults. (From the Publisher)
Blended Learning Environments for Adults: Evaluations and Frameworks demonstrates the view that Information and Communication Technologies should not be considered as a neutral teaching medium, but instead be implemented under pedagogical conditions; aiming at the development of critical thinking through their creative integration into the social and cultural context. This comprehensive collection brings a group of scholars in order to build up a pedagogical approach and analytical implementation steps and directions for designing and implementing Blended Learning Collaborative Environments for adults. (From the Publisher)