Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies [Paperback]

Diana Laurillard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0415256798 | ISBN-13: 978-0415256797 | Edition: 2

Teachers in higher education have had to become more professional in their approach to teaching, matching their professionalism in research. The first edition of this book prepares teachers to do and undergo quality audits and appraisals, and to achieve their personal aims of improving their teaching and their students' learning. The strength of this book is that it provides a sound theoretical basis for designing and using learning technologies in university teaching.
This new edition builds upon the success of the first and contains major updates to the information on learning technologies and includes the implications of using technology for the university context - both campus and electronic - which suggests a new approach to managing learning at institutional level.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'With higher education a national priority everywhere, new learning technologies are much in our minds. Developments are dramatic and sometimes bemusing...It is one of the values of this book that the combination of the traditional and technological learning methods is brought out in such clear balance. Having read it, I no longer feel bemused or worried.' - Lord Moser, current Director of the British Museum Development Trust and former Chair of the National Commission on Education

'a welcome addition to a rapidly changing field ... as a basis for aiding academics in rethinking their teaching, this book offers a useful framework for those seeking to be reflective.' - Teaching in Higher Education

'It has been suggested that the vice-Principal of every university should be sent a copy of this book and urged to make time to read it.' - Simon Bates, Physical Sciences Educational Review, June 2005

About the Author

Diana Laurillard is Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, leading current research on developing a learning design support environment for teachers, and software for learners with low numeracy. She was previously Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit at the Department for Education and Skills. She has also served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for learning technologies and teaching at The Open University, and on the Visiting Committee on IT at Harvard University. She is currently on the Boards of the Observatory for Borderless HE, the UNESCO Institute for Information Technology in Education, the e-Learning Foundation, and the Council for FernUniversität in Hagen.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (December 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415256798
• ISBN-13: 978-0415256797
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,041,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A sound and usable theory, November 3, 2004

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This review is from: Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies (Paperback)

My students thought this book a bit 'dry.' Perhaps it is because the author and context are British. However, while I have read many books on teaching with or without technology, I have never read a book quite like this one. Logically and eloquently it built from assumptions about the nature of academic knowledge/learning to a model of teaching to support those assumptions to a framework for the use of technology to support the model of teaching. An all round gem of a book!