The strategic use of learning technologies
By: Elizabeth J. Burge, editor.
Contributors: Burge, Elizabeth J.
Series: New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 88; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Educational technology; Continuing education; Adult learning; Learning strategies
Description: "A publication that takes a commonsense approach to adults using learning technologies has to go beyond uncritical assumptions about practice or technology-specific prescriptions and focus first on the basic components and dynamics in an adult learning situation. The authors of this volume have synthesized their practical wisdom to help readers think reflectively and strategically about such questions. They stay focused on learning and learners, for these are the key issues, not technology. They show how the use of learning strategies, learner services, and information literacies can be supported by various learning technologies. They discuss unintended effects, explain how three learning technologies - print, radio, and the Web - may be used for learner-centered learning and staff development, and use their "street smarts" in thinking about future directions for practice. In essence, they offer a balanced view: use learning methods that are appropriate for adults, avoid being driven by any technology, and be reassured that a blend of the old and the new will always attract adult learners."--Jacket.
Notes: "Winter 2000."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning strategies for learning technologies -- Christine H. Olgren; title: Learning technologies for learner services -- Marion Phillips, Patrick Kelly; title: Extending information literacy in electronic environments -- Sandra Kerka; title: Unintended effects in using learning technologies -- Allan Herrmann, Robert Fox, Anna Boyd; title: Print -- Jennifer O'Rourke; title: Radio as a learning technology -- May Maskow; title: Professional development for Web-based teaching : overcoming innocence and resistance -- Genevieve M. Gallant; title: Constructivist learning on the Web -- Brent Wilson, May Lowry; title: Synthesis : learners and learning are the issues-- Elizabeth J. Burge.