Online science learning:best practices and technologies

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Downing Kevin F.
Group Author: Holtz Jennifer K.
Published: Information Science Pub.,
Publisher Address: Hershey, PA
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvii, 353 p.: ill., map ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9781599049861 (hbk.)
1599049864 (hardcover)
9781599049878 (e-book)
1599049872 (e-book)
Index Number: N4
CLC: N4-39
G642.4-39
Call Number: G642.4-39/D751
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online science: its role in fostering global scientific capital -- Controversies and concurrence in science education -- Virtual school science -- Taking university science education online -- The role of practical work in online science -- Knowledge transfer and collaboration structures for online science -- Online science: contemporary approaches to practical work -- The cutting edge: promising technologies and strategies for online science education -- Accessing science competence achieved at a distance -- Online mathematics and physical science -- Online geosciences -- Online life sciences -- A didactic model for the development of effective online science courses.
"This book reviews trends and efforts in web-based science instruction and evaluates contemporary philosophies and pedagogies of online science instruction. This title on an emergent and vital area of education clearly demonstrates how to enrich the academic character and quality of web-based science instruction"--Provided by publisher.