Designs for Learning Environments of the Future International Perspectives from the Learning Sciences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jacobson, Michael J. (Editor), Reimann, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; Education > Data processing.; Educational technology.; Educational Technology.; Computers and Education.; Learning & Instruction.

Few things are as certain as societal changes—and the pressing need for educators to prepare students with the knowledge and ways of thinking necessary for the challenges in a changing world. In the forward-thinking pages of Designs for Learning Environments of the Future, international teams of res...

Table of Contents:

• Invention and Innovation in Designing Future Learning Environments
• MaterialSim: A Constructionist Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Engineering Education
• Learning Genetics from Dragons: From Computer-Based Manipulatives to Hypermodels
• The Development of River City, a Multi-User Virtual Environment-Based Scientific Inquiry Curriculum: Historical and Design Evolutions
• Design Perspectives for Learning in Virtual Worlds
• Learning to Learn and Work in Net-Based Teams: Supporting Emergent Collaboration with Visualization Tools
• Learning Mathematics Through Inquiry: A Large-Scale Evaluation
• Scaffolding Knowledge Communities in the Classroom: New Opportunities in the Web 2.0 Era
• From New Technological Infrastructures to Curricular Activity Systems: Advanced Designs for Teaching and Learning
• Toward a Theory of Personalized Learning Communities
• Afterword: Opportunities for Transformational Learning.