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Lessons from the Virtual Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching, 2nd Edition
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Lessons from the Virtual Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching, 2nd Edition

by Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt
June 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
272 pages
7h 29m
English
Jossey-Bass
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CHAPTER ONE

ONLINE LEARNING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Because of the changing nature of students today, economic pressures, and rapid implementation of distance learning courses and programs, definitions of what constitutes education and learning are changing too. Whereas years ago instructors viewed their students as blank slates whose minds could be filled with the information they were imparting, current constructivist theory holds that students create knowledge and meaning through their interaction with one another, the instructor, and their environment. A more collaborative approach to learning, such as that promoted by constructivist thought, can yield deeper levels of knowledge creation (Brooks & Brooks, 2000). The use of distance learning ...

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