Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. The Enabling Technologies

   1. Enabling Technologies

      1. A Typology of Learning Object Repositories

         • R. McGreal

         Pages 5-28

      2. Adaptive Hypermedia

         • P. De Bra

         Pages 29-46

      3. Ontologies and Semantic Web for E-Learning

         • D. Dicheva

         Pages 47-65

      4. Design and Case Studies on Mobile and Wireless Technologies in Education

         • H. Ogata, G. Li Hui

         Pages 67-77

      5. Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing

         • M. Bick, T. -F. Kummer

         Pages 79-100

      6. Designing Contextualized Learning

         • M. Specht

         Pages 101-111

      7. Virtual and Augmented Reality

         • D. Fabri, C. Falsetti, A. Iezzi, S. Ramazzotti, S. Rita Viola, T. Leo

         Pages 113-132

   2. Enabling Interoperability and Re-Use

      1. Learning Design: Concepts

         • R. Koper, S. Bennett

         Pages 135-154

      2. Competence Models in Technology-Enhanced Competence-Based Learning

         • D. Sampson, D. Fytros

         Pages 155-177

      3. Learner Modelling Through Analyzing Cognitive Skills and Learning Styles

         • S. Graf, Kinshuk

         Pages 179-194

      4. Turning Potentials into Reality: Achieving Sustainable Quality in E-Learning Through Quality Competence

         • U. -D. Ehlers

         Pages 195-216

      5. Integration of Learning and Working: Convergent Processes and Systems

         • J. M. Pawlowski, M. Bick

         Pages 217-235

3. The E-Pedagogy

   1. Bridging the Gap Between Face-to-Face and Cyber Interaction in Holistic Blended Learning Environments

      • N. -S. Chen, C. -W. Wei, Kinshuk, Y. -R. Chen, Y. -C. Wang

      Pages 239-259

   2. Complex Domain Learning

      • J. M. Spector

      Pages 261-275

   3. Communities of Practice

      • P. Reimann

      Pages 277-293

   4. Business Models for the Sustainable Implementation of E-Learning at Universities

      • D. Euler, S. Seufert, F. Zellweger Moser

      Pages 295-315

   5. The Role of Competence Assessment in the Different Stages of Competence Development

      • J. Schoonenboom, C. Tattersall, Y. Miao, K. Stefanov, A. Aleksieva-Petrova

      Pages 317-341

4. The Organisational Perspective

   1. The Future of E-Learning in Schools

      • G. Bull, T. Hammond

      Pages 345-361

   2. An Executable Model for Virtual Campus Environments

      • G. Paquette, F. Magnan

      Pages 363-403

Education and training have faced many challenges in the past five years – political, educational, and technological trends such as the European Bologna process, Lifelong Learning and the use of Social Software are just a few of the factors influencing this field. Furthermore, technology-enhanced lea- ing has become the mainstream of educational and training innovation. Within this context, this second edition of the Handbook on “Infor- tion Technologies for Learning, Education, and Training” attempts to capture the state-of-the-art in technology-enhanced learning, as it has emerged during the last years and anticipates important future developments. As the Handbook Editors, we have aimed to provide a comprehensive guide for both researchers and practitioners working in the field of Technology-enhanced Learning and Training. Our overall objective is to enable the reader to gain a deep understanding of the past, present, and future research and applications in this field. From a research perspective, the readers will obtain an in-depth und- standing of the complex theories, strategies, concepts, and methods of Technology-enhanced Learning. Based on these fundamentals they will be able to develop new and innovative approaches for the next generation of Technology-enhanced Learning.

• African Virtual University
• Blended Learning
• E-Learning
• Education
• Educational Technologies
• Information Systems
• Learning Technologies
• Learning and Teaching
• Web
• learning
• learning object
• modeling
• organization
• virtual university

From the reviews:

"Part of the publisher’s series of ‘International handbooks on information systems’, this is a great fat book which does indeed concentrate on the technical side rather than on pedagogy. … its concern is the design and implementation of hardware/software systems (including networks) for educational and training contexts … . Its more than forty chapters each describe relevant research and practice and close with invaluable reference lists; the book itself has a fairly lengthy and detailed index – also invaluable." (British Journal of Education Technology, Vol. 33 (3), 2002)

• Information Systems for Production and Operations Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

  Heimo H. Adelsberger

• School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada

  Kinshuk

• Information Technology Research Institute (ITRI), University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  Jan M. Pawlowski

• Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece

  Demetrios G. Sampson

• Advanced e-Services for the Knowledge Society Research Unit Informatics and Telematics Institute, Center for Research and Technology - Hellas, Piraeus, Greece

  Demetrios G. Sampson

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