| Brave New Classrooms: Democratic Education & the Internet Contributor(s): Jones, Steve (Editor), Lockard, Joe (Editor), Pegrum, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820481238 ISBN-13: 9780820481234 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $46.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Distance, Open & Online Education - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 371.358 |
| LCCN: 2006023641 |
| Series: Digital Formations (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 362 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The early, halcyon days of e-learning are gone. Many who embraced personal computers and the Internet, and who devoted their work to creating new forms of electronic education, have grown dissatisfied with trends toward commodification and corporatization, a paucity of critical thought, poor quality distance learning, and the growing exploitation of teaching labor. Online learning's inherent democratic potential seems increasingly a chimera. Brave New Classrooms explores whether and to what extent its original promise can be recovered. It includes sixteen essays from educational practitioners, including some of the best-known theorists of Internet-based education. |