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Teaching Crowds

Learning and Social Media

By: John Dron,Terry Anderson

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Teaching Crowds

Learning and Social Media

By: John Dron,Terry Anderson

Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by no means obsolete, networked learning is in the ascendant. A foundational method in online and blended education, as well as the most common means of informal and self-directed learning, networked learning is rapidly becoming the dominant mode of teaching as well as learning. In Teaching Crowds, Dron and Anderson introduce a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies, one that rests on connections — on networks and collectives — rather than on separations. Recognizing that online learning both demands and affords new models of teaching and learning, the authors show how learners can engage with social media platforms to create an unbounded field of emergent connections. These connections empower learners, allowing them to draw from one another’s expertise to formulate and fulfill their own educational goals. In an increasingly networked world, developing such skills will, they argue, better prepare students to become self-directed, lifelong learners.

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370

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Athabasca University Press

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1927356806

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You Decide! 2005

Current Debates in American Government

By: John T. Rourke

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You Decide! 2005

Current Debates in American Government

By: John T. Rourke

The second edition includes new articles on gay marriage, pornography, immigration, and more.

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316

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321333438

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9780321333438

Global Issues

An Introduction

By: John L. Seitz,Kristen A. Hite

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Global Issues

An Introduction

By: John L. Seitz,Kristen A. Hite

Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the latest global developments Examines the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life The only book of its kind to use the concept of development to illustrate how different global issues are interrelated Includes a new section on nuclear energy Chapter boxes examine ways that individuals can have a positive impact on the issues examined within the text Key features include a glossary of terms; guides to further reading, media, and Internet resources; and suggestions for discussing and studying the material

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305

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John Wiley & Sons

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047065564X

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9780470655641

Global Issues

An Introduction

By: Kristen A. Hite,John L. Seitz

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Global Issues

An Introduction

By: Kristen A. Hite,John L. Seitz

Now reorganized and updated throughout, the fifth edition of this well-regarded introductory global issues text continues to reflect the most important aspects of an increasingly globalized world. Reorganized into more accessible chapters better suited to semester-long courses, with new sections covering development, climate change, pollution, and governance The only survey-level text in the field to unite the perspectives of geography, political science, sociology, ecology, international relations, economics, and development studies Moves beyond the international to be truly global in focus, with coverage of topics such as wealth and poverty, population, food, energy, natural resources, and technology Incorporates new case studies and examples, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the effects of changing water supply on migration, natural gas fracking, and smart grid technology Offers a dynamic and accessible narrative with many student-friendly features, such as chapter boxes, a glossary of terms, guides to further reading, media and Internet resources Discover up-to-date related news articles for inspiring discussion and research at https://www.facebook.com/GlobalIssuesHiteSeitz.

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359

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119014204

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9781119014201

The Fire Chronicle

By: John Stephens

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The Fire Chronicle

By: John Stephens

After the tumultuous events of last winter, Kate, Michael, and Emma long to continue the hunt for their missing parents. But they themselves are now in great danger, and so the wizard Stanislaus Pym hides the children at the Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans. There, he says, they will be safe. How wrong he is. The children are soon discovered by their enemies, and a frantic chase sends Kate a hundred years into the past, to a perilous, enchanted New York City. Searching for a way back to her brother and sister, she meets a mysterious boy whose fate is intricately—and dangerously—tied to her own. Meanwhile, Michael and Emma have set off to find the second of the Books of Beginning. A series of clues leads them into a hidden world where they must brave harsh polar storms, track down an ancient order of warriors, and confront terrible monsters. Will Michael and Emma find the legendary book of fire—and master its powers—before Kate is lost to them forever? Exciting, suspenseful, and brimming with humor and heart, the next installment of the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy will lead Kate, Michael, and Emma closer to their family—and to the magic that could save, or destroy, them all.

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Yearling

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0375872728

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You Decide! 2007

Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

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You Decide! 2007

Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

No country, no culture, no person today is untouched by what happens in the rest of the world. Technological innovation, environmental degradation, economic gain & loss, nuclear weapons, instant communication have all created unprecedented familiarity among the world's many cultures. With this historic development, the Dalai Lama understands that the essential task of humanity in the 21st Century is to cultivate peaceful coexistence. Many believe in the inevitability of an escalating "clash of civilizations". Peaceful coexistence has long been problematic with religion, and while previous conflicts over religious differences may have been significant and regrettable, they did not threaten the very survival of humanity. Now, when extremists can persuade followers with the immense emotional power of faith and have access to powerful technological resources, a single spark could ignite a powder keg of frightening proportions. Yet the Dalai Lama shows how the challenges of globalization can also move us in another direction, to a deeper plane where nations, cultures, and individuals connect through their shared human nature. All major religions confront the same perennial questions; each have distinct forms of expression. But this marvelous diversity of insight has the potential for inspiring dialogue which can enrich everyone's pursuit of wisdom. All faith traditions turn to compassion as a guiding principle for living a good life. It is the task of all people with an aspiration to spiritual perfection to affirm the fundamental value of the compassion. In this way we can truly develop a deep recognition of the value of other faiths, and on that basis, we can cultivate genuine respect. In Toward a True Kinship of Faiths, the Dalai Lama also explores where differences between religions can be genuinely appreciated without serving as a source of conflict. The establishment of genuine harmony is not dependent upon accepting that all religions are fundamentally the same or that they lead to the same place. Many fear that recognizing the value of another faith is incompatible with having devotion to the truth of one's own. Nevertheless, the Dalai Lama profoundly shows how a sincere believer can, with integrity, be a pluralist in relation to other religions without compromising commitment to the essence of the doctrinal teachings of their own faith. An issue of central importance for the Dalai Lama personally and for the entire world in general, Toward a True Kinship of Faiths offers a hopeful yet realistic look at how humanity must step into the future.

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340

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321430166

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9780321430168

Student Atlas of World Politics

By: John Logan Allen

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Student Atlas of World Politics

By: John Logan Allen

The STUDENT ATLAS OF WORLD POLITICS is an attractive atlas of current affairs that reflects recent developments in political geography and international relations. The new Seventh Edition includes enlarged and detailed thematic maps. This collection of maps and data, with its emphasis on currency, is particularly useful for exploring the concept of geopolitics and the crucial relationships between geography and world politics.

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McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

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0073401463

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You Decide! 2008

Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

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Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

This best-selling, debate-style reader is edited and updated annually by John Rourke to examine the most important and provocative issues in American politics. The topics featured inYou Decide!have been selected for their currency, importance, and student interest, and the pieces arguing various sides of a given issue come from recent journals, congressional hearings, think tanks, and periodicals. The text has once again been fully updated to keep pace with the issues that are most pressing in our political system, including the cultural assimilation of immigrants, U.S. troops in Iraq, the ideological shift of the Supreme Court, government scientists on global warming, commuting the prison sentence of "Scooter Libby," and much more.

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308

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Longman Publishing Group

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0205605966

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9780205605965

You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

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You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics

By: John T. Rourke

This exciting new debate-style reader edited by John Rourke examines provocative issues in American politics today. The topics featured in "You Decide!" have been selected for their currency, importance, and student interest, and the pieces arguing various sides of a given issue come from recent journals, congressional hearings, think tanks, and periodicals. Sure to get students engaged and thinking critically about our political system, "You Decide!

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Teaching Crowds

Teaching Crowds

You Decide! 2005

You Decide! 2005

Global Issues

Global Issues

Global Issues

Global Issues

The Fire Chronicle

The Fire Chronicle

You Decide! 2007

You Decide! 2007

Student Atlas of World Politics

Student Atlas of World Politics

You Decide! 2008

You Decide! 2008

You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics

You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics

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