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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792404803321

Autore

MacDonald Janet <1950->

Titolo

Learning with online and mobile technologies [[electronic resource] ] : a student survival guide / / Janet MacDonald and Linda Creanor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, : Gower, c2010

ISBN

1-351-92249-1

1-282-54526-4

9786612545269

0-566-08931-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CreanorLinda

Disciplina

378.1/734

Soggetti

Computer-assisted instruction

Mobile communication systems

College student orientation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Reviews for Learning with Online and Mobile Technologies; 1 Introduction; 2 Student Voices; 3 Practicalities; 4 Listening, Reading and Sense-making; 5 Listening, Reading and Sense-making: A Survival Guide; 6 Communicating and Community; 7 Communicating and Community: A Survival Guide; 8 Searching and Researching; 9 Searching and Researching: A Survival Guide; 10 Writing and Presenting; 11 Writing and Presenting: A Survival Guide; Appendix A: Web Links to Further Resources; Appendix B: File Types and Common Web Link Codes

Appendix C: GlossaryAppendix D: References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Technology has become a necessary and everyday part of studying. This book starts with effective practice in learning, and shows how technology can support that good practice. The authors show you the many ways in which online and mobile technologies can be used for study and give you guidance on how best to use them for learning in higher education, whether that is at college or university, or within your workplace. An effective learning strategy with technologies will help you develop independence and self direction, so that when faced with a



bewildering choice of web-based resources you are