Using IT Effectively: A Guide to Technology in the Social Sciences 9781138468108, 9781857287950, 9780429332289, 1857287959

Technology and Social Science" examines the development and implementation of computer-assisted-learning in the soc

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Henry Millsom
Millsom Henry University of Stirling.

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Editor's Introduction
Section One: New Challenges for Teaching and Learning
1 Exponential Education
2 Pedagogy, Progress, Politics and Power in the Information Age
3 Technology and Society: An MP's View
4 Information Technology: A Case for Social Scientific Enquiry
Section Two: Developing Coursew are for the Social Sciences
5 Expectations and Realities in Developing Computer-Assisted Learning: The Example of GraphIT!
6 The Data Game: Learning Statistics
7 Conversion of the Ideologies of Welfare to a Multimedia Teaching and Learning Format
8 Designnet: Transnational Design Project Work at a Distance
Section Three: Implementing Computer-Assisted Learning in the Social Sciences
9 Computer-Aided Learning as a Learning Tool: Lessons from Educational Theory
10 Anoraks and Techies: A Call for the Incorporation of Non-Technical Knowledge in Technological Developments
11 Evangelism and Agnosticism in the Take-Up of Information Technology
12 Standards for the Non-Standard: The Impact of New Technology on the Non-Standard Student
Section Four: The Effectiveness of the New Technologies in Teaching and Learning Environments
13 Information Technology and Teaching Quality Assessment: Reflections of a Sociologist
14 Why Costs are Important in the Adoption and Assessment of New Educational Technologies
15 Using Multimedia Technology for Teaching: A Case Study Approach
16 Information Technology and Teaching the Social Sciences: Obstacles and Opportunities
Glosssary
Index

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