New Directions in Educational Technology
By: edited by Eileen Scanlon, Tim O'Shea
Contributors: O'Shea, Tim
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences -- 96; NATO ASI series -- 96.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9783642777523; 9783642777509
Subjects: Computer science; Artificial intelligence
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on New Directions in Advanced Educational Technology, held in Milton Keynes, UK, 10-13 November, 1988
Description: This book is based on the workshop that kickstarted the NATO Science Committee Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The book covers all the major themes in the area ranging from fundamental theoreticalwork to empirical studies of state-of-the-art technological innovations. Topics covered include: instructional systems and instructional theory, a design science of education, task-specific theories of learning, computers in teaching and learning, new directions in educational technology, the coevolution of technology and the educational environment, intelligent tutoring systems that teach knowledge rather than skills, hypertext for learning, technology for distance education, tools for scientific thinking, constructing student knowledge in science, technology in the context of the English school system, research in advanced educational technology, tutors for programming, problem solving and explanation in intelligent tutoring systems, mental models and understanding, and a Microworld-based approach to science education.
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