Web-based learning through educational informatics : information science meets educational computing

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Personal Author:

Ford, Nigel

Publication Information:

Hershey : IGI Global, 2008

Physical Description:

xv, 389 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

ISBN:

9781599047416

Subject Term:

Computer-assisted instruction

Internet (Computer network) in education

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Educational informatics represents the convergence of key aspects of information science, computing, and education while exploiting Web-based techniques and standards. This book provides a rigorous definition of and theoretical framework for educational informatics, while relating to the human aspects of educational information systems.Web-Based Learning Through Educational Informatics: Information Science Meets Educational Computing explores the role of information seeking and retrieval in the development of information systems to support personalized and autonomous learning by introducing key concepts from information science.

Foreword	p. vi
Preface	p. viii
Chapter I Learning: Basic Processes	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Basic Information Processes	p. 2
Integrating Themes	p. 11
Where do Integrating Themes come From?	p. 19
Theory Generation and Testing	p. 23
References	p. 34
Chapter II Learning: Individual Differences	p. 39
Introduction	p. 39
Styles of Learning	p. 41
Levels of Learning	p. 55
References	p. 67
Chapter III Education	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Educational Philosophies and Learning Design	p. 76
Autonomy and Mediation	p. 93
References	p. 103
Chapter IV Library and Information Science	p. 110
Introduction	p. 110
Standards for Supporting Resource Discovery	p. 111
Information Seeking and Autonomous Learning	p. 122
Information Seeking as Conversations	p. 134
References	p. 142
Chapter V ICT Developments: Resource Discovery	p. 145
Introduction	p. 145
Tools and Techniques to Support Information Seeking and Resource Discovery	p. 146
Metadata	p. 155
Ontologies and the Semantic Web	p. 165
Educational Metadata and Ontologies	p. 178
References	p. 188
Chapter VI ICT Developments: Learning Design And Teaching	p. 191
Introduction	p. 191
Intelligent and Adaptive Tutoring Systems	p. 192
Learning Environments and Interoperability	p. 208
General ICT-Based Developments	p. 218
Educational Opportunities Afforded by ICT Developments	p. 228
References	p. 237
Chapter VII Educational Informatics Systems: Individual Approaches	p. 242
Introduction	p. 242
Metadata-Enabled Learning Resource Discovery	p. 244
Adaptive Systems for Personalised Resource Discovery	p. 252
Open Corpus Resource Discovery	p. 267
From Supplantation to Metacognition	p. 275
References	p. 286
Chapter VIII Educational Informatics Systems: Social Approaches	p. 293
Introduction	p. 293
Alternative Pedagogies	p. 294
Educational Informatics Systems that Learn	p. 299
Community-Based Learning	p. 305
References	p. 319
Chapter IX Real World Learning	p. 326
Introduction	p. 326
Theory and Practice	p. 327
Educational Informatics Support for Critical Thinking and Creativity	p. 336
Making Sense of Research: Generating Useful Real World Knowledge	p. 343
References	p. 350
Chapter X Going Forward: Research Issues and the Future	p. 353
Introduction	p. 353
Different Perspectives on Educational Informatics Developments	p. 354
Types Of Evidence	p. 361
Contingent Dependencies, and Object and Meta Languages	p. 371
Reality Checking For Quality Control	p. 375
Towards the Learning Web	p. 378
References	p. 382
About the Editor	p. 384
Index	p. 385

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