Handbook on Digital Learning for K-12 Schools

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Multimodal Opportunities with Digital Tools: The Example of Narrated Photographs....Pages 13-29
Introducing Digital Technologies into Secondary Schools to Develop Literacy and Engage Disaffected Learners: A Case Study from the UK....Pages 31-44
Transforming Mathematics Teaching with Digital Technologies: A Community of Practice Perspective....Pages 45-57
Design-Based Research as Intelligent Experimentation: Towards Systematising the Conceptualisation, Development and Evaluation of Digital Learning in Schools....Pages 59-73
Images of Educational Practice: How School Websites Represent Digital Learning....Pages 75-90
Corpus-Based Resources for L1 Teaching: The Case of Slovene....Pages 91-113
Tablet Use in Schools: Impact, Affordances and Considerations....Pages 115-128
EUFolio: A Classroom ePortfolio Pilot Project....Pages 129-146
Taking the Tablets: Has the Long Predicted Revolution in Teaching and Learning Finally Arrived?....Pages 147-171
Evaluation of Lesson Plan Authoring Tools Based on an Educational Design Representation Model for Lesson Plans....Pages 173-189
Implementing Teaching Model Templates for Supporting Flipped Classroom-Enhanced STEM Education in Moodle....Pages 191-215
Assessment of Online Learning....Pages 217-231
Digital Literacies in a Chinese Secondary School....Pages 233-249
The Paradoxical Art of Designing for Emergence....Pages 251-270
Blogging as a Form of Web 2.0 Technologies for Reflective Practice....Pages 271-291
Digital Learning in Canadian K-12 Schools: A Review of Critical Issues, Policy, and Practice....Pages 293-315
Flip the School, Forget the Classroom; How to Enable Personalised Learning with the Help of Information Technology....Pages 317-328
Technology to Improve Assessments of Learning in Class, School and Nation....Pages 329-339
The Effect of Combining 1:1 Computing, Interactive Core Curriculum, and Digital Teaching Platform on Learning Math: The Case of a Charter School in New York City....Pages 341-354
Improving Learning Through Stealth Assessment of Conscientiousness....Pages 355-368
Integrating Computer-Assisted Language Learning in Saudi Schools: A Change Model....Pages 369-380
Training Pre-Service Teachers in the Use of Challenge-Based Learning and Sandbox Experiences as Practical Applications of Digital Technology for Authentic Learning in the Twenty-First Century Classroom....Pages 381-396
The Role of New Educational Technology in Teaching and Learning: A Constructivist Perspective on Digital Learning....Pages 397-412
Educational Technology Implementation in Ethiopian High Schools: Benefits and Challenges of the Instructional Plasma TV....Pages 413-427
Going Outside to Play: Managing Risk in the School Social Media Environment....Pages 429-442
Pedagogy, Practice, and the Allure of Open Online Courses: Implications for Schools and Their Students....Pages 443-454
The Potential of OERs for K-12 Schools: Why Policy Is Crucial to Success....Pages 455-464
Teacher Awarenesses and Blended Instruction Practices: Interview Research with K-12 Teachers....Pages 465-482
Professional Communities of Practice: We Need Them, But How to Develop Them Successfully?....Pages 483-494
The Digital Textbook: New Learning Paradigms in Primary Education—A Portuguese Pilot Project....Pages 495-508
Back Matter....Pages 509-516