Overview
- Contains important research results from the European Union Project IRNet
- Advances the discourse on how to adjust to the larger trends in Higher Education
- Shows the need for the systematic use of LMS systems, MOOCs, virtual classroom technology, social media, and Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 technology
Part of the book series: Critical Studies of Education (CSOE, volume 10)
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This book presents research on the effects and effectiveness of ICT applications in lifelong learning in relation to digital competences of educators. It sketches recent and future evolutions in higher education, explores whether universities have adjusted policies and business models in line with the rapid development of ICT technologies, and analyses whether the adjustments made are merely cosmetic or truly future-proof. The book specifically deals with such topics as digital competencies of teaching staff, the development and implementation of MOOCs and other E-learning tools, virtual classrooms, online tutoring, and collaborative learning. It presents case studies of innovative master’s programmes, projects and methods, and processes of standardization and validation used in various countries as illustrations. The book explains the rapid transition of the knowledge society to the "society of global competence" and shows the necessity of an active implementation of innovative formsand effective methods of education, and above all, distance learning at all levels of education.
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Keywords
- Digital competences in learning
- IRNet
- ICT techniques and e-learning methodology
- ICT competences
- LMS systems
- Massive Open Online Courses MOOC
- Virtual classroom technology
- E-learning in cultural diversity
- Information and communication technologies in higher education
- Web-based Electronic Support Systems
- Digitally-competent teacher
- ICT coordinator at school
- Digital competences of teachers
- learning and instruction
Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Universities in the Networked Society
Book Subtitle: Cultural Diversity and Digital Competences in Learning Communities
Editors: Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, Piet Kommers, Nataliia Morze, Josef Malach
Series Title: Critical Studies of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05026-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05025-2Published: 29 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05026-9Published: 21 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2543-0467
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0475
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 301
Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations
Topics: Technology and Digital Education, Educational Technology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction, Higher Education