Engaging knowledge : the inference of internet content development and its meaning for scientific learning and research / Jennifer Cordi.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Cordi, Jennifer, 1971-

Series:

• Digital learning series ; no. 1.
• Digital learning series ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Science--Study and teaching.
• Internet in education.
• Problem-based learning.

Physical Description:

xiv, 122 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.

Summary:

Engaging Knowledge is meant for students, educators, researchers, and anyone who is interested in life-long learning-learning that extends far beyond the confines of the traditional classrooms or course syllabuses and actively progresses throughout our entire lives. The author offers a new understanding of the structure and function of Internet content and how it might be accessed and used to augment our learning and research methods.

Contents:

• Part 1 Networks of Thought
• 1 Pioneers of a New Frontier 3
• 2 Dynamic Content 13
• 3 Limitations of Reductionism 25
• Part 2 New Media
• 4 Far-Reaching Capabilities 43
• 5 Out with the Old, In with the New 55
• Part 3 License to Learn
• 6 The New Standard of Learning 73
• 7 Future Learning Facilitators 89
• 8 New Horizons 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-117) and index.

ISBN:

1578860881

OCLC:

53097508