Reshaping Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. New Shape of Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The New Shape of Learning: Adapting to Social Changes in the Information Society

      • Ronghuai Huang, Geng Chen, Junfeng Yang, John Loewen

      Pages 3-42

   3. Emerging Dimensions of Learning

      • Erkki Sutinen

      Pages 43-69

   4. Schools as Learning Communities

      • Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins, Sarah A. Boswell

      Pages 71-88

3. New Insights of Future Students

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. The New Shape of the Student

      • Chris Jones

      Pages 91-112

   3. Digital Natives: Exploring the Diversity of Young People’s Experience with Technology

      • Linda Corrin, Sue Bennett, Lori Lockyer

      Pages 113-138

   4. Adapting for a Personalized Learning Experience

      • Margaret Martinez

      Pages 139-174

4. The Future of Learning Content

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. The Changing Nature of E-Learning Content

      • Robby Robson

      Pages 177-196

   3. The Open Future of Course Content Development and Dissemination

      • M. S. Vijay Kumar

      Pages 197-207

   4. Pilot Curriculum in China: The Practice of Promoting the Quality of Higher Education

      • Yanyan Li, Yue Zhou, Lanfang Zeng

      Pages 209-234

5. New Dimensions of Learning Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235

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   2. Mobile Learning: Shaping the Frontiers of Learning Technologies in Global Context

      • John Traxler

      Pages 237-251

   3. Paradigm Shifts in E-Learning: From Web-Based Learning to Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning

      • Gwo-Jen Hwang

      Pages 253-271

   4. Reusable Authentic Learning Scenario Creation in Ubiquitous Learning Environments

      • Kinshuk, Ryan Jesse

      Pages 273-298

   5. Educational Use of Computer Games: Where We Are, and What’s Next

      • Morris S. Y. Jong, Jimmy H. M. Lee, Junjie Shang

      Pages 299-320

   6. Supplemental Versus Essential Use of Computing Devices in the Classroom: An Analysis

      • Cathie Norris, Akhlaq Hossain, Elliot Soloway

      Pages 321-340

6. Emerging Trends in Learning Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341

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 This edited volume with selected papers from extinguished experts and professors in the field of learning technology and the related fields who are far-sighted and have his/her own innovative thoughts on the development of learning technology. This book will addresses the main issues concerned with the trend and future development of learning processes, innovative pedagogies changes, effects of new technologies on education, future learning content. Learning technology has been affected by advances in technology development and changes in the field of education. Nowadays we cannot afford to sense the changes and then make adaption to it. What we should do is to predict the changes and make positive and active reactions to help the trend go smoothly and in a more beneficial way. This book aims to gather the newest ideas on the frontiers and future development of learning education from the aspects of learning, pedagogies, and technologies in learning in order to draw a picture of learning education in the near future.  ​

• Education
• Educational technology
• ICT in education
• Learning
• Learning technology

• Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

  Ronghuai Huang

• Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada

  Kinshuk

• College of Information, University of North Texas, Denton, USA

  J. Michael Spector

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