As director of the M.A. program in educational technology at Pepperdine U., Fisher has researched the teaching methodology used in the online environment, to determine what "good" instructors do, and
Technology plus classroom can equal success for students. This invaluable resource for teachers presents classroom applications of media, technology, and the Internet.
Take charge of your online learning! The Student Guide to Successful Online Learning is a practical handbook of suggestions for this increasingly significant form of modern education. From selecting o
Puppets are a play-time favorite in countless classrooms. With the ability to capture and nurture a child’s imagination, puppets have great untapped potential as creative teaching aids.Disproving the
Virtual schools are a result of widespread changes in knowledge about learning, in available technology and in society. Virtual schooling is growing in popularity and will continue to attract students
Instructional Design in the Real World: A View from the Trenches offers guidance on how the traditional instructional design system has been used and how it must be changed to work within other system
Teaches how to create stories using any of five software applications: KidPix, Pinnacle Studio, PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere, and Macromedia Flash, and includes information on copyright and fair use.
Student retention has become a key issue for all further and higher education institutions and is a major concern among those involved in online learning courses where retention rates are often even p
Getting the Most from Online Learning is a must-have resource that helps people, become better e-learners by showing them how to prepare for, participate in, and apply e-learning in all its variation
Gillani (California State U.) introduces educators and e- learning designers to pedagogical models providing the framework for effective content organization for curriculum and visual design principle
Robert Cimera uses an applied approach in this user-friendly book to explain how to improve the behavior of children with and without disabilities. Parents and teachers can follow a recommended step-b
Taking students out of the classroom and into a variety of settings, ranging from remote wilderness sites to urban or built environments is now recognized as a valuable means of teaching ecological co
What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of hands-on learning and self-discovery relate to the youngest infants? This authori
This book examines recent changes in media education and in young people’s lives, and provides an accessible set of principles on which the media curriculum should be based, with a clear rationale for
Thirteen American academics contribute eight articles on teacher technology knowledge and effective practices to help teachers acquire that knowledge. Coverage includes an introductory overview of th
Approximately 60 papers from the July 2003 conference in Bergen, Norway discuss topics like: knowledge building; collaborative learning; distance learning; software agents in CSCL environments; shared
An elementary school principal and a former special education and regular classroom teacher shares ideas and methods for differentiated instruction to help teachers reach every student. They deal with
