Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next
generation. Teachers in the twenty-first century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with …

Virtual learning environments are widely spread in higher education, yet they are often
under utilised by the institutions that employ them. This book addresses the need to move …

E-learning is still in its infancy. This can be seen both in the limited pedagogical quality and
lack of portability of e-learning content, and in the lack of user-friendly tools to exploit the …

The concept of Internet-facilitated social networking is not new-we have evidence of the
development of the concept and the technologies over decades. However, Web 2.0 …

The article argues that we make best use of learning technologies if we begin with an
understanding of educational problems, and use this analysis to target the solutions we …

Educational practitioners go through developmental changes in their approach and
execution of their vocation. Teachers are generally comfortable with what they do and stick …

In this paper, we examine emerging ways to describe and structure learning material,
learning tasks and learning situations. In particular, we consider three different approaches …

It is evident that we are living through an important and rapid transformation of society that is
changing the way we learn and the places where learning occurs. There is need for a …

This paper examines the unbundling of research in the context of the Teachers' Research
Exchange (T-REX) platform, the national flagship Internet platform in Ireland for teachers to …

As the world becomes more open, universities have the opportunity to embrace openness in
how they carry out their operations, teaching, and research. Open educational resources …