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Technologies and trust
What is trust and how new technologies are changing or affecting the concept of trust? This publication offers insights from researchers working in educational technology and distance education, collected in the frame of the European FP-7 Marie-Curie People project “Stimulators and inhibitors of a culture of trust in educational interactions assisted by modern information and communication te…
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- 9788891754554
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- 98p. : ill.
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- 371.33 TEC t
Responsive open learning environments :outcomes of research from the ROLE Pro…
This book presents the outcomes of four years of educational research in the EU-supported project called ROLE (Responsive Online Learning Environments). ROLE technology is centered around the concept of self-regulated learning that creates responsible learners, who are capable of critical thinking and able to plan their own learning processes. ROLE allows learners to independently search for ap…
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- 9783319023991
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- xxvi, 252p. : ill.
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- 371.3943 RES r
Instructional scaffolding in STEM education :strategies and efficacy evidence
This book uses meta-analysis to synthesize research on scaffolding and scaffolding-related interventions in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. Specifically, the volume examines the extent to which study quality, assessment type, and scaffolding characteristics (strategy, intended outcome, fading schedule, scaffolding intervention, and paired intervention) influe…
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- 9783319025650
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- xi, 144p. : ill.
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- 510.71 BEL i
Teaching crowds :learning and social media
Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by…
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- 9781771990004
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- xv, 353p. : ill.
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- 371.33 DRO t
Living and learning with new media :summary of findings from the digital yout…
This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings—at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. It offers a condensed version of a longer treatment provided in the book Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking O…
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- 9780262513654
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- xx, 98p. : ill.
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- 302.23108350973 MIZ l
Digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected
How emergent practices and developments in young people's digital media can result in technological innovation or lead to unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters.Young people's use of digital media may result in various innovations and unexpected outcomes, from the use of videogame technologies to create films to the effect of home digital media on family life. This …
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- 9780262633598
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- 269p. : ill.
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- 600 DIG d
Digital youth with disabilities
An examination of media and technology use by school-aged youth with disabilities, with an emphasis on media use at home.Most research on media use by young people with disabilities focuses on the therapeutic and rehabilitative uses of technology; less attention has been paid to their day-to-day encounters with media and technology—the mundane, sometimes pleasurable and sometimes frustrating …
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- 9780262527156
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- ix, 106p. : ill.
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- 305.908083 ALP d
Digital divas :putting the wow into computing for girls
The geek is male. Or so it seems. As is well documented, there is a distinct under-representation of girls studying computing at high school level and, correspondingly, going on to have careers in IT. To address this problem, in 2007 the authors of this book, with backgrounds in secondary teaching or IT, trialled a new and revolutionary program in schools: ‘Digital Divas’. The Digital Divas…
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- 9781922235862
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- x, 197p. : ill.
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- 004.8352 FIS d
Open and distance education in Australia, Europe and the Americas :national p…
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explore…
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- 9789811302985
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- vi, 131p.: ill.
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- 371.3 OPE o
Harnessing public research for innovation in the 21st century:an internationa…
Universities and public research institutes play a key role in the innovation ecosystem. Many countries have implemented national strategies to support the commercialization of knowledge produced by public institutions, to help take their innovations and scientific breakthroughs to market and ultimately boost economic growth. Research bodies themselves have also introduced practices to support …
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- 9781108842792
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- 544 p
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- 607.2 ARU h
Responsive open learning environments outcomes of research from the ROLE proj…
This book presents the outcomes of four years of educational research in the EU-supported project called ROLE (Responsive Online Learning Environments). ROLE technology is centered around the concept of self-regulated learning that creates responsible learners, who are capable of critical thinking and able to plan their own learning processes. ROLE allows learners to independently search for a…
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- 9783319023991
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- xxvi, 252 pages; illustration
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- 371.33 KRO r
Educational perspectives on mediality and subjectivation :discourse, power an…
This open access book examines the complex relationship between education, media and power. Exploring the entanglement of education media and power structures, the contributions use various examples and case studies to demonstrate how subjectivation processes and digital structures interact with one another. The book asks which modes of subjectivation can be identified with current media cultur…
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- 9783030843434
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- xiii; 136p;
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- 371.33 EDU P
The Pathway to Publishing:A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. Writing manuscripts, however, is difficult, doubly so for scientists who use English as a second language. Many science students intentionally avoid a writing-intensive curr…
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- 9783030981754
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- XIII; 186p;
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- 808.06661 PAT S
The Pathway to Publishing:A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. Writing manuscripts, however, is difficult, doubly so for scientists who use English as a second language. Many science students intentionally avoid a writing-intensive curr…
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- 9783030981754
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- XIII; 186p;
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- 808.06661 PAT S
Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems :Selected Topics
This open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessment of real-world …
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- 9783030105914
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- xviii, 265 p.
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- 005.8 SEC G
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022 :Proceedings of th…
This open access book presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 29th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2022 conference, which will be held on January 11–14, 2022. The book provides an extensive overview of how information and communication technologies can be used to dev…
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- 9783030947514
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- XII; 507p;
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- 338.4791 INF J
Sociology of Interdisciplinarity :The Dynamics of Energy Research
This Open Access book builds upon Science and Technology Studies (STS) and provides a detailed examination of how large-scale energy research projects have been conceived, and with what consequences for those involved in interdisciplinary research, which has been advocated as the zenith of research practice for many years, quite often in direct response to questions that cannot be answered (or …
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- 9783030884550
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- xix, 125 p.
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- 001.4 SOC A
Co-creation for responsible research and innovation :experimenting with desig…
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book pr…
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- 9783030787332
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- viii; 168p; ill
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- 658.5752 CRE A
Continental Philosophy of Technoscience
The key objective of this volume is to allow philosophy students and early-stage researchers to become practicing philosophers in technoscientific settings. Zwart focuses on the methodological issue of how to practice continental philosophy of technoscience today. This text draws upon continental authors such as Hegel, Engels, Heidegger, Bachelard and Lacan (and their fields of dialectics, p…
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- 9783030845704
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- vii, 245 p.
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- 501 CON H
The Legibility of Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces :Reading from Paper and Read…
This open access book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the relevant literature on the legibility of different kinds of typefaces, which goes back over 140 years in the case of reading from paper and more than 50 years in the case of reading from screens. It describes the origins of serif and sans serif styles in ancient inscriptions, their adoption in modern printing techniques, an…
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- 9783030909840
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- xiv, 161 p.
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- 686.2247 LEG J
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