Distance and E-learning in Transition: Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges

Abstract

The rushed development of information and communication technologies and their impact on the world of learning in the last decade have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education. The professionalization of tools and practices, in addition to the consolidation of academic and practical knowledge, has been a major continuing issue throughout these years. The annual conferences of thelargest European professional community in distance and e-learning have been setting the landmarks in this process. The selection from this unique knowledge pool demonstrates the deepening and consolidation of knowledge and experience. This book presents the developments in the field of open, distance and e-learning, through new technologies, methodologies and tools, which have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education over the last decade. © ISTE Ltd, 2009.

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Index Keywords

E-learning Engineering education Social challenges E - learning Information and Communication Technologies Level of educations Distance-learning Professional community Knowledge and experience Innovation technology Technology challenges Tools and practices

Author Affiliations

Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research, United Kingdom, European Distance and E-Learning Network - EDEN, Estonia

The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, European Distance and E-Learning Network − EDEN, Estonia

Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance - Cned, France, European Distance and E-Learning Network − EDEN, Estonia

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Distance and E-learning in Transition: Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges

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