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Distributed Learning: Social and Cultural Approaches to Practice - Hardcover

 
9780415268080: Distributed Learning: Social and Cultural Approaches to Practice
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415268087 ISBN 13: 9780415268080
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

At a time of increasing globalisation, the concept of open and distance learning is being constantly redefined. New technologies have opened up new ways of understanding and participating in Learning. Distributed Learning offers a collection of perspectives from a social and cultural practice-based viewpoint, with contributions from leading international authors in the field. Key issues in this comprehensive text are:
*the challenges of ICT to traditional teaching and learning practices
*the value and relevance of 'activity theory' and 'communities of practice' in educational institutions and the workplace
*perspectives on the relationship between globalisation and distributed learning, and the breakdown of distinctions between global and local contexts
*issues of identity and community in designing courses for the virtual student
*language and literacies in distributed learning contexts
This book provides useful introductory reading, building a sound theoretical framework for practitioners interested in how distributed learning is shaping post-compulsory education.

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About the Author

Lea, Mary R.; Nicoll, Kathy

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415268087
ISBN 13 
9780415268080
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Editor
Lea Mary R., Nicoll Kathy