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"[A] book that should be on the shelf of every educator, elementary school teachers as well as university professors, interested in exploring CMC technologies....Learning Networks is an important contribution to computer science, information sciences, and education."
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"[A] book that should be on the shelf of every educator, elementary school teachers as well as university professors, interested in exploring CMC technologies....Learning Networks is an important contribution to computer science, information sciences, and education." -- J. R. Miller, Information Processing and Management

Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) technologies such as electronic mail, bulletin board services, computer conferencing systems, and the World Wide Web are having a profound effect on education. Learning Networks is a complete guide to the use of these new technologies at the primary, secondary, university, and adult education levels. Drawing on the authors' own considerable experience of teaching and learning online, it describes the learning networks that are available as well as new examples of learning networks that can be created.

Part I provides a selective survey of the field: what are learning networks and who is using them, what kind of courses can be taught online, what approaches to teaching and learning are most successful online, what curriculum can best be supported by networking, and what kinds of teachers and learners benefit from this medium. Part II deals exhaustively with the design and implementation of learning networks as well as the roles of teachers and learners and gives a realistic assessment of potential pitfalls. In Part III the authors discuss CMC technologies as a paradigm for education in the next century.


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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: The MIT Press; 1st edition (September 5, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0262082365
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262082365
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,435,832 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for online education, July 16, 1998
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Whether you are planning to develop, teach, or even take an online course, this book at least deserves a flip-through. It covers the major issues in the field today, and is a useful reference. Also, the book was written by the "pioneers" in the field, who were working with computer learning networks since the 1980s. A couple of items are out of date (since the book was published in 1995), but the topics are general enough to keep it usable for years to come.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive overview of K-12 computer-mediated learning, March 22, 1999
By Carol Welsh (plntldy@earthlink.net) "plntldy" (Pepperdine University Grad School) - See all my reviews
I appreciated this "field guide" and think it should be a recommended read for educators who are new to technology. It provides a thorough overview of teaching and learning even though it includes "outdated" information. What was interesting to me, as a Higher Ed faculty member, was the number of K-12 activities of which I was unaware. The chapter on Problems in Paradise really rings true in Higher Ed as well; lack of support, lack of planing, lack of time, limited access....yikes. I think a wonderful ancillary might be an updated CD/ROM with the newest links and information on distance learning programs available, similar to the "old fashined" yearbook.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Reference, essential introductory reading but dated info, March 1, 1999
By bdnapier@earthlink.net (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews
I found this book interesting and informative, but from more of a 'reference book' view. I found the reading dry but the ability to skip around and read bits here and there useful. The suggestion that there should be no problem for a teacher with 36 kids a class five times a day to "handle a few more students"," REALLY hit home to me. Not from the experience in K-12, but in medical rehabilitation where the initial thought was we could line patients up in front of computers and one therapist could oversee a room of patients on computers, practicing repetitive and learning skills (some of which have been found very useful with brain injury patient). I would like to think we are now (since the book uses 1992 examples) mostly beyond the idea of lining people up in front of computers like a high techy's Skinner box. Technology has changed so much since the publication of this book that some of the information is outdated, and the resources in the back are definitely dated with companies rise and fall, and new leader in this industry emerging quickly. I would still recommend this book to the new user of educational technology because it provides some examples about which many people are unaware - reference more than reading, and then move the reader on to some other materials related to the rapid changes in technology, especially interactive multimedia since the book focuses on text based interactions. --
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