Both, a high quality of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) setting and a high quality of the home learning environment foster children's development. However, we know little about the interactions between ECEC quality and the home learning environment. We examine whether the child's...

This book is a comprehensive overview of standards, practices and possibilities of course management systems in higher education. Course Management Systems for Learning: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy focuses on what the current knowledge is (in best practices, research, standards and...

What is the connection between technology and learning? Do students really learn more in technology-enhanced environments? How does teaching change when technology is introduced? This book addresses the gap between technology skills and the application of those skills in teaching and learning....

"This book is a manual for the novice-Human Computer Interaction (HCI) designer. It compares and contrasts online business training programs with e-Learning in the higher education sector and provides a range of positive outcomes for linking information management techniques, which exploit the...

Preface / Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Daithí Ó Murchú -- 1. Online communities and professional teacher learning : affordances and challenges / Norbert Pachler, Caroline Daly -- 2. Enhancing phronesis : bridging communities through technology / Anders D. Olofsson, J. Ola Lindberg -- 3....

Section 1. Network Communities and Second Language Learning -- 1. Criteria for the Implementation of Learning Technologies -- 2. Communicative Networking and Linguistic Mashups on Web 2.0 -- 3. Output-Oriented Language Learning With Digital Media -- 4. Infoxication 2.0 -- 5. The Role of...

Although the field of informal learning has much to contribute to the field of formal learning, these fields appear to be failing to synergize and balance to create the ideal education environment. This book explores the nature of various learning enlightenment mediums and their consequences...