Learning theory and online technology

✍ Scribed by Linda M Harasim

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Learning Theory and Online Technology offers a powerful overview of the current state of e-learning, a foundation of its historical roots and growth, and a framework for distinguishing among the major approaches to e-learning. It effectively addresses pedagogy (how to design an effective online environment for learning), evaluation (how to know that students are learning), and history (how past research can guide successful online teaching and learning outcomes). An ideal textbook for Educational Technology Masters, PhD, and Certificate programs, readers will find Learning Theory and Online Technology provides a synthesis of the key advances in e-learning theory, the key frameworks of research, and clearly links theory and research to successful learning practice"-- Provided by publisher.  Read more... 1. Introduction to Learning Theory and Technology 2. Historical Overview of Learning and Technology 3. Behaviorist Learning Theory 4. Cognitivist Learning Theory 5. Constructivist Learning Theory 6. Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) Theory 7. OCL Pedagogies in Practice 8. OCL Cases of Institutional Innovation 9. OCL Exemplars: Online Communities of Practice 10. In Retrospect and In Prospect

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
......Page 1
Learning Theory and Online Technologies......Page 3
Copyright Page
......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
1. Introduction to Learning Theory and Technology......Page 10
Introduction to Learning Theory in the Knowledge Age
......Page 11
What Is Learning Theory?......Page 13
Learning Theories of the 20th Century
......Page 18
Learning Theory for the 21st Century
......Page 21
Summary......Page 23
2. Historical Overview of Learning and Technology
......Page 24
Steps in Human Development: Learning and Technology
......Page 25
Arpanet and Internet: Meeting of Minds
......Page 33
The Web......Page 34
Historical Overview of Online Learning
......Page 36
Summary......Page 38
3. Behaviorist Learning Theory
......Page 39
Behaviorist Learning Theory......Page 40
Behaviorist Learning Pedagogy......Page 46
Behaviorist Learning Technology......Page 50
Summary......Page 54
4. Cognitivist Learning Theory
......Page 55
Cognitivist Learning Theory......Page 56
Cognitivist Learning Pedagogy......Page 60
Cognitivist Learning Technology......Page 62
Summary......Page 67
5. Constructivist Learning Theory
......Page 68
Constructivist Learning Theory......Page 69
Constructivist Learning Pedagogy......Page 77
Constructivist Learning Technology......Page 82
Summary......Page 86
6. Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) Theory......Page 88
Introduction......Page 89
Context of Online Collaborative Learning
......Page 91
Online Collaborative Learning Theory......Page 98
Online Collaborative Learning Pedagogy......Page 103
Online Collaborative Learning Technology......Page 107
Summary......Page 117
Introduction......Page 118
Living the Online Student Life
......Page 119
OCL Pedagogical Scenarios: Four Students and Online Study......Page 120
Summary......Page 131
8. OCL Cases of Institutional Innovation
......Page 132
Context of OCL Institutional Adoption
......Page 133
Institutional Adoption......Page 134
Institutional Cases of Totally Online and Blended Learning......Page 136
Summary......Page 148
9. OCL Scenarios: Online Communities of Practice......Page 149
Context of Communities of Practice (CoP)
......Page 150
Definitions of Key Terms
......Page 154
What Is an Online Community of Practice?
......Page 156
Exemplars: How Do OCoPs Function?......Page 159
Toward an Analytical Framework for OCoPs
......Page 171
Summary......Page 176
In Retrospect......Page 177
In Prospect......Page 180
Glossary......Page 184
Notes......Page 191
References......Page 192
Index......Page 196