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Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation

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Title:Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation (ID: CSD5476)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/11/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The National Science Foundation defines "cyberlearning" as "the use of networked computing and communications technologies to support learning." The report of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning, Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation, identifies cyberlearning as having "…the potential to transform education throughout a lifetime, enabling customized interaction with diverse learning materials on any topic..."

The task force report identifies potential ways in which advanced computing and communications technologies might be leveraged to support learning, highlighting opportunities for further research. In it, the task force offers 5 recommendations for the NSF to pursue:

  • Help build a vibrant cyberlearning field by promoting cross-disciplinary communities of cyberlearning researchers and practitioners
  • Instill a "platform perspective"—shared, interoperable designs of hardware, software, and services—into NSF's cyberlearning activities
  • Emphasize the transformative power of information and communications technology for learning, from K to grey
  • Adopt programs and policies to promote open educational resources
  • Take responsibility for sustaining NSF-sponsored cyberlearning innovations

(For EDUCAUSE materials on cyberinfrastructure in teaching and learning, please visit EDUCAUSE Resource Library Cyberinfrastructure web page and look for the "CI Teaching & Learning" tab under "Featured Content.")

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Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world

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Title:Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world (ID: CSD5109)
Author(s):Bryan Alexander (National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE))
Source:College and Research Libraries News
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (02/21/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The author provides a long and comprehensive list of resources concerning teaching and learning with technology.

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