Digital technologies for school collaboration /
Gouseti, Anastasia,
Digital technologies for school collaboration / Anastasia Gouseti. - First edition. - xi, 199 pages ; 23 cm. - Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning . - Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Web-based School Collaboration: the Promises and Problems -- 2. Digital Technologies in Education: New Tools for New Times? -- 3. Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from the United Kingdom -- 4. Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from Greece -- 5. The Bigger Picture: Understanding Web-based School Collaboration -- 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Improving School Collaboration-- Where Now?.
"Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, it presents the various models of available school twinning programs and explores the cultural, political and economic factors that surround the recent enthusiasm regarding collaborative initiatives. Moreover, the book critically examines teachers' and students' experiences of web-based school collaboration. In particular, it develops a realistic perspective of the range of challenges they face and identifies the host of technological and non-technological issues that can shape participation in collaborative programs"--
1137375736 9781137375735
2013047569
Web-based instruction--Cross-cultural studies
Internet in education--Cross-cultural studies
Educational technology--Cross-cultural studies
Teaching--Computer network resources
Social media.
Teacher-student relationships.
LB1044.87 / .G68 2014
371.3344678
Digital technologies for school collaboration / Anastasia Gouseti. - First edition. - xi, 199 pages ; 23 cm. - Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning . - Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Web-based School Collaboration: the Promises and Problems -- 2. Digital Technologies in Education: New Tools for New Times? -- 3. Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from the United Kingdom -- 4. Collaborative Experiences in Practice: Case Studies from Greece -- 5. The Bigger Picture: Understanding Web-based School Collaboration -- 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Improving School Collaboration-- Where Now?.
"Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, it presents the various models of available school twinning programs and explores the cultural, political and economic factors that surround the recent enthusiasm regarding collaborative initiatives. Moreover, the book critically examines teachers' and students' experiences of web-based school collaboration. In particular, it develops a realistic perspective of the range of challenges they face and identifies the host of technological and non-technological issues that can shape participation in collaborative programs"--
1137375736 9781137375735
2013047569
Web-based instruction--Cross-cultural studies
Internet in education--Cross-cultural studies
Educational technology--Cross-cultural studies
Teaching--Computer network resources
Social media.
Teacher-student relationships.
LB1044.87 / .G68 2014
371.3344678