Handbook on Digital Learning for K-12 Schools
Editors: Marcus-Quinn, Ann, Hourigan, Tríona (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides an international perspective on the adoption of digital technology in K-12 classrooms
- Provides a contemporary perspective to teaching and learning with in the classroom
- Useful case studies included
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- About this book
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This book guides the adoption, design, development and expectation of future digital teaching and learning projects/programs in K12 schools. It provides a series of case studies and reports experiences from international digital teaching and learning projects in K12 education. The book also furnishes advice for future school policy and investment in digital teaching and learning projects. Finally, the book provides an explanation of the future capacity and sustainability of digital teaching and learning in K12 schools.
- About the authors
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Ann Marcus-Quinn is a lecturer in Technical Communication and Instructional Design at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is currently the Course Director for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing. Ann has been awarded both national and international funding for her research. In a previous role Ann worked with the National Digital Learning Resources service (NDLR) as a national advocate for Open Educational Resources.
Tríona Hourigan is a teacher and researcher employed by the Department of Education and Skills, Ireland. She received her B.A. in Language and Cultural Studies, Masters in French, PhD in Education and Grad. Dip in Education from the University of Limerick. Prior to joining the Department of Education and Skills, she worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the area of ICT in Education at the University of Limerick.
- Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-11
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Multimodal Opportunities with Digital Tools: The Example of Narrated Photographs
Pages 13-29
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Introducing Digital Technologies into Secondary Schools to Develop Literacy and Engage Disaffected Learners: A Case Study from the UK
Pages 31-44
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Transforming Mathematics Teaching with Digital Technologies: A Community of Practice Perspective
Pages 45-57
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Design-Based Research as Intelligent Experimentation: Towards Systematising the Conceptualisation, Development and Evaluation of Digital Learning in Schools
Pages 59-73
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Handbook on Digital Learning for K-12 Schools
- Editors
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- Ann Marcus-Quinn
- Tríona Hourigan
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-33808-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-33808-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-33806-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-81607-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 516
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour
- Topics