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  • Paperback: 182 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (6 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749436751
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749436759
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
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As online education becomes more familiar, so the reality of using it in teaching and learning has moved beyond the realm of the specialist. Pedagogy and best practice - and indeed conversations along the lines of "does anyone know how to..." - are no lon

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This is a well written, introductory level book covering a broad range of issues in web-based learning. The introduction names its audience as including those in the commercial sector, however I'm not sure that this is true. It is really aimed at people who work in universities. Indeed, I would recommend it to those in education who are interested in using the web in that context. It is of less use for those outside higher education.

The opening chapter is a good and fair discussion of the potential impact of the web on learning. Chapter Two lists some e-learning myths, only one of which I would disagree with - the commercialisation of education. The internet will continue to pour pressure onto education. The internet is already the biggest learning resource on the planet and it's getting bigger, better, faster and cheaper. What's more, internet adoption is a process that is irreversible. The lessons from e-commerce in Chapter Three I found less interesting. In fact the lesson to be learned here is that the internet turned out not to be a vehicle for e-commerce but a medium for the delivery and exchange of knowledge.

The next five chapters, however, are excellent, covering motivation, pedagogies, communication, new working methods and assessment. However, the last two chapters dip a little. The technology section works to an inconsistent schema, moving from media types to a general form of learning delivery (CAL) then to specific technology classifications (data mining and XML) and finally, general web-based course delivery systems. I found this confusing. In the last chapter, the framework for classifying online courses has the classic 'four-way split' diagram of which educationalists are so fond. Take four variables, in this case didactic, constructivist, high-technology and low-technology and combine them. The diagram looks good but a more sophisticated survey of the many species of online learning would have been more useful.

Written very much from the Open University perspective, this book is obsessed with one course; 'T171 You, Your Computer and the Net'. I thought about taking the course, so as to give the book a fair review, but the next start date is February 2003! Aren't online courses meant to free the learner from the tyranny of the academic timetable? While the Open University has much to teach us about online learning it is in many ways a rather primitive model, rooted in the old campus model. While it certainly has student numbers on its side, I would have liked to have seen more examples from other academic institutions.

All in all, well worth buying.

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