LEARNING THEORY AND ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES 2ND EDITION

Learning theory and online technologies offers a powerful overview of the current state of online learning, the foundations of its historical roots and growth, and a framework for distinguishing between the major approaches to online learning. It addresses pedagogy (how to design an effective online environment for learning), evaluation (how to know that students are learning), and history (how past research can guide successful online teaching and learning outcomes). an ideal textbook for undergraduate education and Communication programs as well as educational technology masters, ph.Bra., and Certificate programs, learning theory and online technologies provides a synthesis of the key advances in online education learning theory and the key frameworks of research, and clearly links theory and research to successful learning practice.