Synopses & Reviews
In the ever-advancing world of educational technology, the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMI) is state of the art, leading the pack in producing learning resources for the World Wide Web. This multi-contributed collection from staff and associates of KMI, and edited by KMI's two founders, provides a glimpse into the wide variety of projects undertaken by this respected leader in the development and assessment of distance learning technologies. The Knowledge Web discusses the educational possibilities of the new technologies along with examples of cutting edge projects from the institute. Individual contributions, written by such experts as Sir John Daniel, reflect the diverse range of new developments in learning technology by bringing together researchers in the learning and cognitive sciences, multimedia enabling technologies for disabled learners, and artificial intelligence.This is a book that no forward-thinking teacher or trainer will want to be without.Learn more about this book and its contents on its associated website www.kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledgeweb
Synopsis
Featuring contributions from staff and associates of the Knowledge Media Institute at the UK Open University, this text provides a glimpse into the wide variety of projects undertaken in the development and assessment of distance learning technologies.