Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Twenty-First Century Education and e-Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. 21st century education and e-learning

   1. School 2.0: Rethinking the Future of Schools in the Digital Age

      • Neil Selwyn

      Pages 3-16

   2. MirandaMods: From Practice to Praxis in Informal Professional Learning Contexts

      • Christina Preston, John Cuthell

      Pages 17-28

   3. Synthetic Worlds and Virtual Citizens: Experimental Ethnographic Simulation, Virtual Autotopography and Emerging Citizenship Identity in Young People

      • Stewart Martin

      Pages 29-41

   4. Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Between Technology and Competences

      • Antonio Cartelli

      Pages 43-54

   5. Digital Divide: Students’ Use of the Internet and Emerging Forms of Social Inequalities

      • Eleni Sianou-Kyrgiou, Iakovos Tsiplakides

      Pages 55-68

4. e-Learning and Teachers’ Professional Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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5. e-learning and teachers’ professional development

   1. Supporting Teachers in Orchestrating CSCL Classrooms

      • Yannis A. Dimitriadis

      Pages 71-82

   2. Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainable Development Through WikiQuESD

      • Vassilios Makrakis

      Pages 83-94

   3. Can ICT Reduce Drop-Out Rates Among New Teachers? A Qualitative Study in Canadian Student Teachers

      • Thierry Karsenti, Simon Collin

      Pages 95-108

   4. Examining the Use of Text Corpora and Online Dictionaries as Learning Tools: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perspectives

      • Nikleia Eteokleous-Grigoriou, Garifalos Anagnostou, Simeon Tsolakidis

      Pages 109-123

   5. The Cypriot Public Primary School Principals’ Self-Perceived Competence and Use of ICT for Personal, Teaching, and Administrative Purposes

      • Kyriacos Charalambous, Photos Papaioannou

      Pages 125-138

6. ICT-Enhanced Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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7. ICT-enhanced learning

   1. Instructional Design on Controlling the Quality of Collaboration in a CSCL Setting Through Illusionary Adaptive Support

      • Sofia Hadjileontiadou, Georgia Nikolaidou, Leontios Hadjileontiadis

      Pages 141-155

   2. The Design and Development of a Wiki Task in Undergraduate Education: Retrospects and Prospects

      • Ilias Karasavvidis, Sevasti Theodosiou

      Pages 157-168

   3. Educational Blogging: Developing and Investigating a Students’ Community of Inquiry

      • Sophia Angelaina, Athanassios Jimoyiannis

      Pages 169-182

   4. Experiencing 3d Simulated Space Through Different Perspectives

      • Maria Latsi, Chronis Kynigos

      Pages 183-195

   5. Educational Robotics and Teaching Introductory Programming Within an Interdisciplinary Framework

      • Anthi Karatrantou, Chris Panagiotakopoulos

      Pages 197-210

   6. Teaching Electric Circuits by Guided Inquiry in Virtual and Real Laboratory Environments

      • Athanasios Taramopoulos, Dimitris Psillos, Evripides Hatzikraniotis

      Pages 211-224

This book aims to serve as a multidisciplinary forum covering technical, pedagogical, organizational, instructional, as well as policy aspects of ICT in Education and e-Learning. Special emphasis is given to applied research relevant to educational practice guided by the educational realities in schools, colleges, universities and informal learning organizations. In a more generic scope, the volume aims to encompass current trends and issues determining ICT integration in practice, including learning and teaching, curriculum and instructional design, learning media and environments, teacher education and professional development, assessment and evaluation, etc.

• Computer supported collaborative learning
• Digital literacy
• Distance learning
• ICT and lifelong learning
• ICT in Education
• ICT integration in teaching and learning
• ICT-enhanced education
• Instructional design and e-learning
• Learning technologies
• Pedagogy and e-Learning
• Technology and e-Learning
• Wireless and mobile technologies for learning
• e-Assessment in education
• e-Content development and delivery
• e-Learning
• learning and instruction

• , Dept. of Social and Educational Policy, University of Peloponnese, Korinthos, Greece

  Athanassios Jimoyiannis

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