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To some in academia, Massive Open Online Courses are a paradigm shift in online education, while others perceive them as a threat to traditional styles of pedagogy. In this regard, the time-honored model of the university lecture is seen as being a potential casualty of the rise of MOOCs. Macro-Level Learning through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Strategies and Predictions for the Future provides insight into the emerging phenomenon of MOOCs as a design manual for the course designer with a collection of chapters that deal with all facets of the MOOC debate. Industry training developers, corporate trainers, educators, post graduate students, and others will benefit from the information provided in this book.
The implementation of the Common Core State Standards program has spearheaded many changes within the education field. As this initiative is ultimately designed to optimize student performance and success, it is critical that teacher education programs and technological tools being utilized in classrooms align with Common Core State Standards. Advancing Next-Generation Elementary Teacher Education through Digital Tools and Applications examines the impact of Common Core State Standards on teaching and learning within elementary classrooms. Focusing on the influence that Common Core has on teacher education programs and how the implementation of educational technologies is continuously changing the field, this book is ideally suited for teacher educators, researchers, administrators, classroom teachers, policy makers, and technology support personnel.
Regardless of the field or discipline, technology is rapidly advancing, and individuals are faced with the challenge of adapting to these new innovations. To remain up-to-date on the current practices, teachers and administrators alike must constantly stay informed of the latest advances in their fields. Teacher Training and Professional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the methods, skills, and techniques that are essential to lifelong learning and professional advancement. Including innovative studies on teaching quality, pre-service teacher preparation, and faculty enrichment, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for academics, professionals, students, practitioners, and researchers.
Las innovaciones en la universidad son un objetivo legítimo y necesario, pero controvertido. Los cambios estructurales económicos, políticos y socioculturales se materializan en nuevos retos para una institución que tiene que responder a los retos inherentes a esos cambios y que, con matices diferentes, conforman una polifonía de temas que necesitamos abordar. Este libro quiere mostrar, en la diversidad de temáticas y prácticas que la conforman, esa polifonía diversa, incómoda, a veces, que nos cuestiona e impulsa a experimentar otros caminos.
Organización y gestión del aula de Educación Infantil pretende transmitir a los futuros maestros y maestras cómo será su profesión dentro del aula de educación infantil. Partiendo del derecho a la educación para todos, se comienza trabajando los desafíos que supone la inclusión educativa para todo docente que quiere propiciar el pleno desarrollo de su alumnado. En este ámbito, se muestra el Diseño Universal de Aprendizaje como aquella metodología que favorece el acceso al currículo a todo el mundo. Dentro del aula destacan como elementos sinónimos de calidad y eficacia un clima positivo y la convivencia. Por ello y con la finalidad de favorecer la mejora del rendimiento acadé...
El libro Procesos y contextos educativos: enseñar en educación secundaria tiene como principal cometido contribuir a la formación didáctico-pedagógica del futuro docente de educación secundaria, sin obviar que puede ser también de utilidad para el profesorado en activo. A lo largo de sus nueve capítulos y por medio de una autoría colectiva de diversos especialistas, la obra aborda en un primer bloque de capítulos contenidos referidos al contexto educativo y organizativo específico de la etapa de secundaria. A continuación, se tratan cuestiones didácticas que van desde los métodos de enseñanza a la comunicación educativa. Los capítulos finales se centran en contenidos transversales, pero igualmente relevantes, como son la tutoría, la convivencia o la atención a la diversidad.
Examines the impact of Common Core State Standards on teaching and learning within elementary classrooms. Focusing on the influence that Common Core has on teacher education programs and how the implementation of educational technologies is continuously changing the field, this book is suited for teacher educators, researchers, administrators, classroom teachers, and policy makers.
As media evolves with technological improvement, communication changes alongside it. In particular, storytelling and narrative structure have adapted to the new digital landscape, allowing creators to weave immersive and enticing experiences that captivate viewers. These experiences have great potential in marketing and advertising, but the medium’s methods are so young that their potential and effectiveness is not yet fully understood. Handbook of Research on Transmedia Storytelling, Audience Engagement, and Business Strategies is a collection of innovative research that explores transmedia storytelling and digital marketing strategies in relation to audience engagement. Highlighting a wide range of topics including promotion strategies, business models, and prosumers and influencers, this book is ideally designed for digital creators, advertisers, marketers, consumer analysts, media professionals, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, researchers, academicians, and students.
"Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies."