Network-Based Classrooms
Author | : Bertram C. Bruce |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1993-06-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521416361 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521416368 |
Rating | : 4/5 (368 Downloads) |
Download or read book Network-Based Classrooms written by Bertram C. Bruce and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-06-25 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students in network-based classrooms converse in writing through the use of communications software on local-area computer networks. Through the electronic medium they are immersed in a writing community--one that supports new forms of collaboration, authentic purposes for writing, writing across the curriculum, and new social relations in the classroom. The potential for collaborative and participatory learning in these classrooms is enormous. The book examines an important type of network-based classroom known as ENFI (Electronic Networks For Interaction). Teachers have set up ENFI or similar classrooms in elementary and secondary schools and at more than a hundred colleges and universities. In these settings, teaching and learning have been dramatically transformed, but the new technology has brought with it difficulties and surprises. The process of creating such a classroom raises important questions about the meaning and the realities of educational change.