OPEN and FLE X IBLE L E AR N I N G S E R I E S
Series Edited by Fred Lockwood, A.W. (Tony) Bates and Som Naidu The Open and Flexible Learning Series features invaluable contributions from the world’s leading experts in the field of online learning. It offers a combination of innovative research and practical advice, offering valuable insights into the comprehensive process of developing, teaching, learning, and managing online and distance learning materials. NEW
Online and Social Networking Communities
Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers Achieving Education for All
A Best Practice Guide for Educators
John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
Karen Kear, The Open University, UK
Online and Social Networking Communities is a professional guide written for educational practitioners and trainers who wish to use online communication tools effectively in their teaching. Focusing on the student experience of learning in online communities, it addresses ‘Web 2.0’ and other ‘social software’ tools and considers the role these technologies play in supporting student learning and building learning communities. The guide offers: • real-world case studies and quality research • a must-have list of useful resources • guidance on building and supporting online learning communities • information on how collaborative learning assessment differs from assessment of individual learning • coverage of Wikis, forums, blogging and micro-blogging, instant messaging, YouTube, Facebook, Second Life, Twitter, Flicker, desktop audio, videoconferencing, and social-networking sites. Online and Social Networking Communities helps educators and trainers develop a critical approach by exploring online teaching from both the student and educator’s perspective. This practical guide provides the tools to become a confident and thoughtful online educator, able to create successful and enjoyable learning experiences for your students. November 2010: 6 x 9: 208pp Hb: 978-0-415-87246-1: £80.00 Pb: 978-0-415-87247-8: £23.99 eBook: 978-0-203-84273-7 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415872478
Education for All (EFA) has been a top priority for governments and intergovernmental development agencies for the last twenty years. So far the global EFA movement has placed its principal focus on providing quality universal primary education (UPE) for all children by 2015.
This book advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing population of children and young adults and examines: • the creation and expansion of Mega-Schools, which combine distance learning and community support and have a proven track record of increasing access at scale • how to prepare the ten million new teachers that are required to achieve ‘Education for All’ by 2015 by focusing on classroom-based in-service training • strategies for using technology to scale up distance education cost-effectively • the creation of a twenty-first century educational ecosystem that integrates open schooling and teacher education with communities and their school systems • successful examples of open schools and teacher education programmes operating at scale around the world. An insightful and practical book on educational technology. Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers will be of interest to all who are concerned by the central educational challenge of our times: providing secondary education to tens of millions of young people around the world. February 2010: 6 x 9: 208pp Hb: 978-0-415-87204-1: £95.00 Pb: 978-0-415-87205-8: £24.99 eBook: 978-0-203-85832-5 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415872058
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