How education works : teaching, technology, and technique / Jon Dron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dron, Jon, 1961- author.

Series:

Issues in Distance Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Educational technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athabasca, Alberta : Jon Dron, [2023]

Summary:

In this absorbing volume, Jon Dron views education, learning, and teaching through a technological lens. Focusing on the parts we play in technologies--from language and pedagogies to computers and regulations--Dron posits that individuals are not just users but technical coparticipants.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Introduction

Preamble: Elephant Spotting

1. A Handful of Anecdotes about Elephants

2. A Handful of Observations about Elephants

Part I: All about Technology

3. Organizing Stuff to Do Stuff

4. How Technologies Work

5. Participation and Technique

Part II: Education as a Technological Phenomenon

6. A Co-Participation Model of Teaching

7. Theories of Teaching

8. Technique, Expertise, and Literacy

Part III: Applying the Co-Participation Model

9. Revealing Elephants

10. How Education Works

Epilogue

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dron, Jon How Education Works

ISBN:

9781771993852

1771993855

9781771993845

1771993847

OCLC:

1378082181