Teaching and Learning with Technology: Beyond Constructivism

by Stewart; Concetta M.

• ISBN13: 9780415878500
• ISBN10: 0415878500
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Today, new media is both augmenting and extending the traditional classroom with a variety of technology-based tools available to both students and faculty, and has created "new" virtual classrooms for anywhere, anytime availability to education. Despite the enormous potential for technology to support the educational enterprise in this emerging "creative" economy, technologies are still not yet fully integrated in the classroom and their association with educational outcomes is as-yet unclear. This book profiles scholarly work from around the world to examine closely the effectiveness of the newest media in education at bridging the gaps among and between teachers, students and subject matter at all levels, from K-12 through adult education. These pieces are theory-based investigations with implications for future research, theory and application. Contributors examine how the fields of education and new media have evolved and are continuing to evolve pedagogically and practically, from predominantly instructivist, with a passive, one-way teaching format; to constructivist, including teacher- and learner-controlled, sensorially immersive and socially interactive exchanges. This book will be of interest to students and faculty in the areas of new media in education, including distance learning, online learning and "virtual" learning.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xiii
Permissions	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Introduction and State of the Field
Technologies and the Classroom Come to Age: After Century of Growth	p. 3
Achieving Social Closeness through Authentic Learning Exchanges
Effects of Web-Enhanced Course Materials on College Students' Class Engagement and Learning Outcomes	p. 29
From Homer to High Tech: The Impact of Social Presence and Media Richness on Online Mentoring in Higher Education	p. 49
Educating Educators for Virtual Schooling: Communicating Roles and Responsibilities	p. 70
Media-Rich Environments Building Stronger Connections
A New Lens for Learning in the Communications Field: The Effectiveness of Video Lectures with Asynchronous, Synchronous Discussions in Online/Distance Education	p. 89
A New Educational Technology for Media and Communication Studies: Mapping Media in Australia and Sweden	p. 113
Not Your Father's Educational Technology: A Case Study in Mobile Media and Journalism Education	p. 131
Complex Virtual Systems: Making Learning Spatially and Socially Whole
Virtual Reality in Education	p. 151
A User-Centered Approach for Building Design Guidelines for the Use of Virtual Actors in CVEs for Learning	p. 182
Matching Computer Game Genres to Educational Outcomes	p. 214
The Virtual Harlem Experiments	p. 227
The Unique Features of Educational Virtual Environments	p. 249
Discussion and Conclusion
'Real' Learning in Virtual Worlds: An Integration of Media, Curricula and Pedagogy through Telepresence	p. 261
Contributors	p. 287
Index	p. 291
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