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"This book explores the impact of Web-based technology on the design, implementation and evaluation of the learning and teaching process, as well as the development of new activities, relationships, skills, and competencies for the various actors implied in such processes"--Provided by publisher.

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1. The pillars of instructional technology / Lawrence A. Tomei -- 2. The role of information technology in learning : a meta-analysis / Klarissa Ting-Ting Chang, John Lim -- 3. Computing and ICT literacy : from students' misconceptions and mental schemes to the monitoring of the...

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This book summarizes theoretical studies and practical solutions for engineers, educational professionals, and graduate students in the research areas of e-learning, distance education, and instructional designs"--Provided by publisher.

"This volume is grounded in the thesis that information technology may offer the only viable avenue to the implementation of constructivist and progressive educational principles in higher education, and that the numerous efforts now under way to realize these principles deserve examination and...