Publisher's Synopsis
Using Technology in Learner-Centered Education: Proven Strategies for Teaching and Learning focuses upon five proven strategies for improving teaching and learning and, through many examples, cites practical ways the Internet can supplement face-to-face instructional activities.
Most students now have access to the Internet. Faculty, teachers, trainers, and students want to take advantage of this new, very powerful, communication tool. This book suggests how courses are being redesigned to take advantage of the Internet. The focus of Using Technology in Learner-Centered Education: Proven Strategies for Teaching and Learning is on the practical application of educational convictions through five specific strategies-preview and review, continuous communication, controversy and debate, involvement of others, and different strokes for different folks.
In six "quick-study" lessons, the focus is upon simple technologies like group email and internet browsing. Avoided are course elements that require long learning times and advanced computer skills. This is a book more about teaching strategies than technology. It is more about supplementing face-to-face instructional activities than Internet-only distance learning. It is more about improving teaching than learning technology.
