8 Online Education
In Chapter 7 we examined young people’s experiences of digital technologies. In this chapter, we focus on another important issue relating to young people: education. More specifically, we examine here how digital technologies have changed the ways in which people learn and how online tools might be best used in educational settings. The aim of this chapter is to discuss online education in relation to questions such as: How does online learning differ from more traditional correspondence/distance learning, particularly in relation to student and tutor tasks and experience? What technical and pedagogical challenges does online education have to overcome when presented within an integrated education system, not only ...
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