Learning and Teaching with Technology in the Knowledge Society New L
This book discusses learning and teaching with modern technology in the new knowledge society. It focuses specifically on new literacy and technology in classroom environments. Based on a social-constructivist approach, this book covers a wide range of ne
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Mizuho Iinuma
Learning and Teaching with Technology in the Knowledge Society New Literacy, Collaboration and Digital Content 123
SpringerBriefs in Education
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Mizuho Iinuma
Learning and Teaching with Technology in the Knowledge Society New Literacy, Collaboration and Digital Content
123
Mizuho Iinuma Tokyo University of Technology Tokyo Japan
ISSN 2211-1921 SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-981-10-0142-0 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0144-4
ISSN 2211-193X (electronic) ISBN 978-981-10-0144-4
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Preface
Development of ICT as well as globalization is impacting education around the world. ICT is becoming readily available in many learning environment and permeates educational institutions. National educational policies of many developed and developing countries are influenced by the global economy and standards. For instance, the concept of twenty-first century skills and the need to prepare students for global economy are spreading worldwide. Critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration are four major learning and innovative skills labeled by Partnership for twenty-first Century (2011) in Framework for twenty-first Century Learning. Typically, literacy refers to reading and writing skills and is considered as an important factor in knowledge-building process in the classroom. However, the definition of literacy has expanded to competencies using different modes of communications, such as visual images and IT access. Terms such as media literacy, multimodal literacy, information literacy, and IT literacy proliferate in the discourses of education today. UNESCO (2008), for example, advocates information literac
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