Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age : Designing and Delivering e-Learning

by Beetham; Helen

• ISBN13: 9780415408745
• ISBN10: 0415408741
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-06-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

P Incorporating a variety of contexts ' face-to-face, self-directed, blended and distance learning modes ' this book examines different perspectives on effectively designing and delivering learning activities to ensure that future development is pedagogically sound, learner focused and accessible. It considers key topics including: /P UL LI specific activities for achieving learning outcomes /LI LI classifies and clarifies technologies' uses for learning and role in educational design /LI LI current systems and future developments /LI LI learners' competencies and approaches /LI LI designing for mobile technologies /LI LI practitioner development /LI LI sustainability, organisational barriers and learning communities. /LI P /P /UL P /P P Illustrated by case studies from the disciplines and with a helpful appendix of tools and resources for researchers, practitioners and teachers, this book is an essential guide to effective design and implementation of sound e-learningactivities. /P

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. viii
Notes on contributors	p. x
Foreword	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
List of abbreviations	p. xix
An introduction to rethinking pedagogy for a digital age	p. 1
Models of learning	p. 11
Learning and e-learning: the role of theory	p. 13
An approach to learning activity design	p. 26
Designing courses for e-learning	p. 41
Practices and processes of design for learning	p. 52
Describing ICT-based learning designs that promote quality learning outcomes	p. 64
Describing learning activities: tools and resources to guide practice	p. 81
Representing practitioner experiences through learning design and patterns	p. 92
Learning design systems: current and future developments	p. 103
The practice of design	p. 115
Supporting practitioners' design for learning: principles of effective resources and interventions	p. 117
The use of scenarios in designing and delivering e-learning systems	p. 129
The art of design	p. 142
Discipline-based designs for learning: the example of professional and vocational education	p. 153
Designing for practice: practising design in the social sciences	p. 166
Designing for mobile and wireless learning	p. 180
Building communities of designers	p. 193
New horizons in learning design	p. 207
Resources	p. 219
Appendices
How people learn, and the implications for design	p. 221
Learner differences and their implications for design	p. 224
A typology of digital tools and resources for learning	p. 226
Learning activity design: a checklist	p. 230
Course design checklist	p. 233
Storyboard exercise	p. 234
Taxonomy of learning activities	p. 235
Evaluation framework for learning design tools	p. 238
E-learning practice evaluator	p. 240
Template for describing a case study in e-learning practice	p. 242
A typology of effective interventions that support e-learning practice	p. 247
Author index	p. 251
Subject index	p. 255
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