Faculty Development by Design : Integrating Technology in Higher Education

by Mishra, Punya

• ISBN13: 9781593115821
• ISBN10: 1593115822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Summary

This book attempts to offer not just a bird's-eye view of the communities of designers project, but also to help identify broad themes and issues that can inform discussions and policies of technology integration at other institutions.

Table of Contents

Communities of designers : a brief history and introduction	p. 1
Infusing technology in teacher education : how does learning guide design?	p. 23
Odyssey in technology : a quest to design interactive contexts for exploring children's responses to literature	p. 49
Sexy beast : the integration of video technology in an English methods course	p. 71
The technology and literacy project : crossing boundaries to conceptualize the new literacies	p. 93
Maps & more : engaging maps and social science data as narratives about the world	p. 113
Collaborative development of technology-based social studies materials	p. 131
Design as professional development : the inner and outer journeys of learning to develop online learning	p. 147
A faculty member's journey in using technology to enhance learning	p. 167
Integrating technology through community-based design	p. 185
Communities of designers : transforming a situation into a unified whole	p. 205
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