Full Description
Discover the latest research on the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the field of education. Among the many areas covered, the book examines the latest innovations in the design, development, and evaluation of innovative educational environments. You'll also discover how ICTs support special education, collaborative learning, and distance learning. Finally, key social aspects of ICTs in education are examined.
Contents
Applications of Adaptive Hypermedia in Education.- Protocols of Coordination and Structured Communication in Synchronous CSCL Environments.- Components of an EML Proposal for Collaborative Learning Modelling.- Analysis of Engaged Online Collaborative Discourse: A Methodological Approach.- Adding Constraints to a Virtual Course Using a Formal Approach to the Interactions in Collaborative Learning.- An Experiment in Collaborative Writing.- The 'Contract' as a Pedagogical Tool in e-Learning.- Development of a Personalized e-learning Experience Based on IMS Standard Technologies.- e-QUAL: e-Learning with Quality. Proposal for an Evaluation Model on the Quality of e-Learning Courses.- Pedagogical Approaches for Online Environments.- Contextual Online Learning Model: A Proposal.- School Web Pages and Writing: From Product Exhibition to Knowledge Construction.- Taking Advantage of the Web in the Portuguese Class: An Experience.- Kitchen Science: Through the Window of the Web.- Development and Experience in Teaching Biochemistry with a Multimedia Study Environment.- An Educative Application Based on Bloom's Taxonomy for the Learning of Inheritance in Oriented-Object Programming.- Visualization and Role-play to Teach Object-Oriented Programming.- Making Concept Maps Available on the Web to the Students.- The Web as a Means of Promoting Reading and Writing Habits: The Netescrit@ Project.- Usage of the AWLA Online Writing Resource for Language Learning.- A WebQuest about Tuthankamen.- Blogs: A Teaching Resource and a Pedagogical Strategy.- An Ontology Based Semantic System for Mathematical Problem Solving.- LOMEditor: Composition and Classification of Learning Objects.- Arguing On-line in Order to Learn How to Argue.- Use of ICT and Project Work in Teacher Training at thePublic School System.- The Production of Internet Pages by Visual Impaired PSENs through a Computer Mediated Distance Learning Program.
