Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape: Reflections from a Dialogue on New Roles and Expectations (Lifelong Learning Book Series, 12)

This book is about questions. Today's learners face constant change. Adaptive learner expertise is key to their survival on a learning journey that lasts a lifetime. This requires new thinking of all actors in the learning environment. The fundamental process through which this book was created is an extended in-depth dialogue among researchers, lifelong learners, educators, and thinkers. "Working on this book was a very special kind of experience," says John Bransford (University of Washington), a contributing author to the book and renowned researcher on how people learn. While participating in the dialogue "we were all helped to 'walk our talk' and use technology to improve everything we did ... I'm convinced that the conversations will not end with this book. Through technology-based dialogue facilitated by the magic touch of the editors' leadership, I'm sure that all of us--authors and readers of this volume--will continue to learn from one another. This is the way that collaborative science should work." Front Matter....Pages i-xii Let the Dialogue Begin: An Introduction....Pages 1-10 Constructive Interaction with Change: Implications for Learners and the Environment in Which They Learn....Pages 11-35 The Learning Sciences, Technology and Designs for Educational Systems: Some Thoughts About Change....Pages 37-67 Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape: Reflections from an Instructional Design Perspective....Pages 69-90 The Influence of Epistemological Beliefs on Learners' Perceptions of Online Learning: Perspectives on Three Levels....Pages 91-108 Getting to Know the Feral Learner....Pages 109-133 Postsecondary Education in the Changing Learning and Living Landscapes....Pages 135-163 Online Learning in Context....Pages 165-186 New Online Learning Technologies: New Online Learner Competencies. Really?....Pages 187-211 Reflections on Seeking the ‘Invisible’ Online Learner....Pages 213-226 Will Games and Emerging Technologies Influence the Learning Landscape?....Pages 227-249 What Makes Good Online Instruction Good?: New Opportunities and Old Barriers....Pages 251-266 Why Basic Principles of Instruction Must Be Present in the Learning Landscape, Whatever Form It Takes, for Learning to Be Effective, Efficient and Engaging....Pages 267-275 We Question, We Reflect, and We Question Again, Therefore We Are...: An Analysis of the Evolving Dialogue Around the Central Themes in This Book....Pages 277-289 Back Matter....Pages 291-302 This book is about questions. The fundamental process through which it was created is an extended and in-depth dialogue. That dialogue took place over a two-year period involving researchers, lifelong learners, educators, and thinkers. The publication of the dialogue in the form of this unique book addresses the authors’ peer community: the learners, teachers, researchers and policymakers who will take the dialogue forward and contribute to its further growth.