Innovation and ICT in Education

The Diversity of the 21st Century Classroom

José Gómez-Galán

• Publisher: River Publishers
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9788770221986
• eBook ISBN:
  9788770221979
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

The adequate integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in educational and training processes is one of the biggest current challenges in education. The classroom of the present is very different from just a few decades ago, new technological tools are completely transforming its characteristics and activities. This internationally authored book offers a timely, effective and practical vision of this new educational scenario.The book takes a multidisciplinary approach in looking at the problems and possible solutions that are faced by the educational professional of the 21st century when, by necessity or obligation, they face the use of ICT in their daily tasks.Divided into two parts, one theoretical and another practical, this book offers the highlights of the most important lines of research that are being developed today in educational technology, and importantly presents the innovations which have had the most impact over recent years. From the profound transformations in the physical classroom to everything that involves new virtual scenarios, where online teaching requires innovative strategies and training processes, this book describes the diverse scenarios that ICT has generated and will continue to generate in the field of education. It presents a new and a very different type of education that can be adapted to the needs of the citizen of the digital society.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Innovation and ICT in Education: The Diversity of the 21st Century Classroom
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 ICTs, Innovation, and Educational Research
• 2 Models in Educational Technology I: Molecular Models
• 3 Models in Educational Technology II: Global Models
• 4 The Complexity of Education in a New Social Scenario
• 5 The Scientific Study of Education in the Technological 21st Century
• 6 Education and Knowledge
• 7 The Next Educational Technology
• 8 From Information Literacy to Digital Competence
• 9 VLE Environments and MOOC Courses
• 10 Learning Communities
• 11 Lifelong Education
• 12 ICT Teacher Training and Disability
• 13 The Use of Technologies for Supporting Diversity
• 14 Multiple Intelligences and ICT
• 15 Self-Directed Learning and ICT
• 16 Videogames in the Teaching of Social Sciences
• 17 Gamified Learning Environments
• 18 Virtual and Augmented Reality
• 19 Information Resources in Education and Educational Research: A Brief Guide
• References
• Index
• About the Editor
• Back Cover