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Learning online : the student experience / by Veletsianos, George,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The learner who compared online courses to face-to-face courses -- The learner who was "Nontraditional" -- The learner whose motive was sheer interest -- The learner who dropped out -- The learner who used the family computer -- The learner who had the necessary literacies -- The learner who watched videos alone -- The learner who showed emotion -- The learner who "Listened" -- The learner who cheated -- The learner who was taught by a bot -- The learner who took notes -- The learner who used a social networking site for online learning -- The learner who was self-directed -- The learner who took advantage of the openness in MOOCs -- The learner who took advantage of flexible learning -- The learner of the future."This book presents a series of case studies capturing the variety of student experiences with online learning. The book is original in assessing the lived experience of online learning from students' perspectives by using qualitative data to supplement quantitative analytics"--
Subjects: Educational technology; Computer-assisted instruction; Education; Distance education; Internet in education.;
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Oversold and underused : computers in the classroom / by Cuban, Larry.(CARDINAL)134596;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-242) and index.
Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction; Educational technology;
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Early literacy : the empowerment of technology / by Casey, Jean Marie.(CARDINAL)192921;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
Subjects: Language arts (Early childhood); Reading (Early childhood); Computers and literacy.; Educational technology.;
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The McGraw-Hill handbook of distance learning / by Chute, Alan G.(CARDINAL)213400; Thompson, Melody M.(CARDINAL)212909; Hancock, Burton W.(CARDINAL)213401;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The time is Right for Distance Learning -- Ch. 1. Convincing your Organization of the Need for Distance Learning -- Ch. 2. An overview of Audio, Video, and Computer-Based Distance Learning Technologies -- Ch. 3. Advanced Computer Technologies: Computer Conferencing, Electronic Performance Support Systems, the Internet, and the World Wide Web -- Ch. 4. The Distance Learning System: More than a Collection of Hardware -- Ch. 5. Getting Started in Distance Learning: Is Your Organization Ready? -- Ch. 6. Designing a Distance Learning System -- Ch. 7. Program Design, Delivery, and Evaluation -- Ch. 8. System Management and Expansion -- Ch. 9. Special Issues for Educational Institutions -- Ch. 10. Looking at the Present, Looking to the Future: Days of Future Past -- Appendix. Vendors."This comprehensive guide addresses the needs and concerns of HR and training managers who want to help their organizations implement distance learning programs but don't know where to start. The Handbook offers practical advice to help get your organization started in distance learning or improve your existing distance learning program. Topics covered include how to apply distance learning to new product and policy information, job skills training/retraining, advanced professional education, management development courses, and customer education."--Jacket.
Subjects: Distance education; Information technology; Computer-assisted instruction;
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Teaching with tablets / by Caldwell, Helen,(Lecturer in Education)author.; Bird, James,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction.; Education;
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Coding, robotics, and engineering for young students : a tech beginnings curriculum, grades pre-K-2 / by Gadzikowski, Ann,author.(CARDINAL)486283;
Includes bibliographical references.Track I. Coding constructions -- Track II. Story code -- Track III. Robot stories -- Track IV. Robot quest (program your own adventure).This book builds foundational computer science and robotics skills and knowledge in bright Pre-K-grade-2 students. The curriculum emphasizes active, hands-on, and collaborative learning. Students are challenged to learn computer science content, such as coding, and robotics and engineering concepts, as well as practice high-level academic skills, such as creative problem solving, computational thinking, and critical thinking. --Back cover.
Subjects: Educational technology.; Robotics.; Early childhood education; Computer programming;
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MOOCs / by Haber, Jonathan.(CARDINAL)407460;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction.; Distance education.; Educational technology.; MOOCs (Web-based instruction); Web-based instruction.;
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Your online degree : from selecting a school to graduating / by Gilbert, Deborah,author.(CARDINAL)643552; Createspace Publishing (firm);
Includes bibliographical references.Deciding on an online degree is a major decision and should not be taken lightly. You are investing time and money on your future. Many students who do not plan ahead or properly simply drop out and this is a waste of time and money. If you are considering an online degree or just taking some classes for licensing, this book will take you from having an idea to attend an online school to graduating. The information will help you understand the types of schools available and how you can find the right one for you. You will also find some useful tips for success.
Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction; Distance education; Web-based instruction.; Internet in education.; Educational technology.;
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Connecting with students online : strategies for remote teaching & learning / by Serravallo, Jennifer,author.(CARDINAL)486937;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171).Holding True to Priorities as We Move Online -- Partnering with Adults at Home -- Planning and Revising Curriculum Units for Online Instruction -- Managing Your Time Across a Day, Across the Week -- Setting Up Students' Independent Practice at Home -- Methods and Structures for Teaching Online.Holding true to priorities as we move online. Connection and relationships ; Emotional well-being ; Engagement ; Clear, strategic, and focused direct instruction ; Guided practice ; Access ; Assessment ; Balance -- Partnering with adults at home. Strategies. Welcome caregivers to your online classroom ; Survey students and families to understand needs ; Share the weekly schedule ; Share notes on students' work and progress ; Record how-to videos for using technology ; Offer advice about setting up learning space(s) at home ; Encourage caregivers to develop a schedule and/or routines ; Help families know what to do when things get frustrating -- Planning and revising curriculum units for online instruction. Strategies. Step 1: Identify goals and skill progressions ; Step 2: Find anchor texts ; Step 3: Try out what you'll ask students to do ; Step 4: Design assessments ; Step 5a: Map out daily reading lessons with goals and strategies ; Step 5b: Map our daily writing lessons with process and strategies ; Streamline and simplify:connect goals across reading and writing ; Plan for a monthly focus: genre, content, independent projects, or a mix ; Organize your curriculum and resources in a learning management system ; Approach your planning and teaching with flexibility and feedback -- Managing your time across a day, across the week. Strategies. Understand the pros and cons of synchronous and asynchronous teaching ; Invite your students online with you for some time each day ; Plan and record short whole-class micro lessons ; Host "office hours" for student- and caregiver- initiated response time ; Make a schedule for conferences and small groups ; Preserve space for professional learning and collaboration ; Map out a weekly schedule and set boundaries -- Supporting students' independent practice at home. Strategies. Ask students to read every day ; Give students access to paper books ; Adapt strategies for students who are reading e-books ; Adapt strategies for students who are listening to audiobooks and/or podcasts ; Create short text packets for shared reading experiences ; Rethink what it means to match readers with "just-right" texts ; Ask students to write every day ; Decide how your students will compose their writing ; Give students access to writing materials and tools ; Hold on (tightly) to writer's notebooks ; Set up a system for students to share some of their writing with you ; Ask students to do math every day ; Ask students to engage with content study every day ; Plan for students to create and move and play every day -- Methods and structures for teaching online. Strategies. Develop community agreements and norms for participating online ; Set yourself and your students up for videoconferencing ; Convert your live mini lessons to recorded micro lessons ; Make your micro lessons more engaging ; Monitor and guide students' independent practice ; Read aloud (live!) to build community ; Record read-aloud to engage, support comprehension, and collect data ; Study a mentor text for writing craft ; Confer with students live ; Confer with students when your schedules don't align ; Set up and support reading and writing partnerships and clubs ; Engage reading partnerships and clubs with "written conversations" ; Engage writing partnerships and clubs with written feedback ; Engage partnerships and clubs with asynchronous video "conversation" ; Meet with a small group of students with the same goal (strategy lessons) ; Move your guided reading online ; Apply the tech tools and strategies you've learned to lead any type of group online."The professional development for online teaching and learning that you've been asking for. An unprecedented pandemic may take the teacher out of the classroom, but it doesn't take the classroom out of the teacher! Now that you're making the shift to online teaching, it's time to answer your biggest questions about remote, digitally based instruction: How do I build and nurture relationships with students and their at-home adults from afar? How do I adapt my best teaching to an online setting? How do I keep a focus on students and their needs when they aren't in front of me? Jennifer Serravallo's Connecting with Students Online gives you concise, doable answers based on her own experiences and those of the teachers, administrators, and coaches she has communicated with during the pandemic. Focusing on the vital importance of the teacher-student connection, Jen guides you to: Effectively prioritize what matters most during remote, online instruction schedule your day and your students' to maximize teaching and learning (and avoid burnout) ; Streamline curricular units and roll them out digitally ; Record highly engaging short lessons that students will enjoy and learn from ; Confer, working with small groups, and drive learning through independent practice ; Partner with the adults in a student's home to support your work with their child. Featuring simplified, commonsense suggestions, 55 step-by-step teaching strategies, and video examples of Jen conferring and working with small groups, Connecting with Students Online helps new teachers, teachers new to technology, or anyone who wants to better understand the essence of effective online instruction. Along the way Jen addresses crucial topics including assessment and progress monitoring, student engagement and accountability, using anchor charts and visuals, getting books into students' hands, teaching subject-area content, and avoiding teacher burnout. During this pandemic crisis turn to one of education's most trusted teaching voices to help you restart or maintain students' progress. Jennifer Serravallo's Connecting with Students Online is of-the-moment, grounded in important research, informed by experience, and designed to get you teaching well -- and confidently -- as quickly as possible."--
Subjects: Teaching; Web-based instruction.; Computer-assisted instruction.; Computer managed instruction.; Educational technology.; Computers and literacy.; Internet in education.; Distance education.;
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The AI infused classroom : inspiring ideas to shift teaching and maximize meaningful learning in the world of AI / by Clark, Holly,author.(CARDINAL)796086;
"With more than twenty-five years of experience as an educator and as one of the first teachers in the United States to have a 1:1 classroom, bestselling author of the Infused Classroom series, Holly Clark, takes a future-oriented approach to technology integration in education. Through her training and speaking engagements, she equips educators worldwide to effectively use technology, including AI, in their classrooms. And now, with The AI Infused Classroom, she offers a thoughtful, practical guide for navigating the latest iteration of edtech. The key to successfully integrating any digital tool, Clark says, is to focus on the deep learning and masterful pedagogy teachers can achieve with educational shifts, like the one the world is currently experiencing. Yes, things will change, but AI does not replace the need for well-trained and highly qualified teachers in the classroom. In fact, students need educators' guidance, now more than ever, to ensure they are prepared for the world of AI."--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Education; Computer-assisted instruction.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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