Open Learning, Home Learning, Distance Education

In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on STEM education in the United States, fueled by evidence that young learners’ competencies in sci...

Developing Inquiry for Learning shows how university tutors can help students to improve their abilities to learn and to become professional inquir...

Digital resources—from games to blogs to social networking—are strong forces in education today, but how can those tools be effectively utilized by...

As colleges and universities in North America increasingly identify "internationalization" as a key component of the institution’s mission and stra...

Mobile Learning: The Next Generation documents the most innovative projects in context-aware mobile learning in order to develop a richer theoretic...

In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on STEM education in the United States, fueled by evidence that young learners’ competencies in sci...

Online and Social Networking Communities is a professional guide written for educational practitioners and trainers who wish to use online communic...

Virtual worlds are places where humans interact, and as such they can be environments for research and learning. However, they are complex and muta...

Online and Social Networking Communities is a professional guide written for educational practitioners and trainers who wish to use online communic...

Developing Inquiry for Learning shows how university tutors can help students to improve their abilities to learn and to become professional inquir...

The disjuncture between the design intent of the developers of ICTs and the needs of the users has often led to surprising use of new technologies,...

Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open...

Interactivity is at the very heart of learning and is evident at all levels of engagement, whether between fellow students, students and tutors, on...

This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments....

Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open...

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructiv...

This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments....

Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integra...

Emphasising the issues of usability, accessibility, evaluation and effectiveness and illustrated by case studies drawn from contemporary projects f...

Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integra...

Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources is a practical guide that assists faculty and institutions looking to adopt and...

This book explores the mental and social landscape of the city of today and tomorrow; the way in which people think, interact, work together, learn...

Emphasising the issues of usability, accessibility, evaluation and effectiveness and illustrated by case studies drawn from contemporary projects f...

Interactivity is at the very heart of learning and is evident at all levels of engagement, whether between fellow students, students and tutors, on...

Originally published in 1986, The Planning and Management of Distance Education examines the problems faced by those who are setting up and managin...

Mobile Learning Communities explores the diverse ways in which traveling groups experience learning ‘on the run’. This book provides empirical evid...

Human Specialization in Design and Technology explores emerging trends in learning and training—standardization, personalization, customization, an...

Experiential Learning Design comprehensively demonstrates the key theories and applications for the design of experiential approaches to learning a...

Learn how to keep the rigor and motivation alive in a remote learning or hybrid K–12 classroom. In this essential book, bestselling author Barbara ...

Best Practices for Administering Online Programs is a practical volume for university teams seeking to manage effective online programs. Defining, ...

Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator is the perfect all-in-one guide to taking your K-12 class online. We know, now more than ever, that teachers ha...

Experiential Learning Design comprehensively demonstrates the key theories and applications for the design of experiential approaches to learning a...

Digital Identity Management in Formal Education offers a broad analysis of the online self considered from educational policy, technological, legal...

Research Methods in Learning Design and Technology explores the many forms, both new and established, that research takes within the field of instr...

By showcasing international, European, and community-based projects, this volume explores how online technologies and collaborative and blended lea...

MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) are shaking up the traditional forms of primary and continuing education and training. These new distance teach...