Digital Technologies for School Collaboration [electronic resource] /
Gouseti, A.author.
Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers, and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, it presents the various models of available school twinning programs and explores the cultural, political, and economic factors that surround the recent enthusiasm regarding collaborative initiatives. Moreover, the book critically examines teachers' and students' experiences of web-based school collaboration. In particular, it develops a realistic perspective of the range of challenges they face and identifies the host of technological and non-technological issues that can shape participation in collaborative programs.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Web-Based School Collaboration: The Promises and Problems; CHAPTER 2 Digital Technologies in Education: New Tools for New Times?; CHAPTER 3 Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from the United Kingdom; CHAPTER 4 Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from Greece; CHAPTER 5 The Bigger Picture: Understanding Web-Based School Collaboration; CHAPTER 6 Conclusions and Suggestions for Improving School Collaboration-Where Now?; Appendix: List of URLs of Collaborative Programs; Bibliography
Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers, and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, it presents the various models of available school twinning programs and explores the cultural, political, and economic factors that surround the recent enthusiasm regarding collaborative initiatives. Moreover, the book critically examines teachers' and students' experiences of web-based school collaboration. In particular, it develops a realistic perspective of the range of challenges they face and identifies the host of technological and non-technological issues that can shape participation in collaborative programs.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Teaching.
Educational technology.
Computers and civilization.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Technology and Digital Education.
Educational Technology.
Computers and Society.