Didactics of MicrolearningWaxmann Verlag, 2007 This book is a comprehensive and articulate intorduction to the emerging field of microlearning. In public institutions, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in informal contexts we are all dealing with increasingly complex learning requirements, more fragmented knowledge, demands for greater cultural flexibility, and rapid technological change. As a result, new approaches are required, focusing on microcontent, medial fluency and spaces of learning. |
Contents
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Creating a Learning Ecology in Distributed Environments | 53 |
Order from Intermediality An Outline of a Model of Knowledge Production | 69 |
A Tale of two Traditions | 83 |
Microlearning as a Challenge for Instructional Design | 98 |
What Size is Micro? Using a Didactical Approach Based on Learning Objectives | 125 |
Thinking About the m in Mobile Learning | 139 |
When Remix Culture Meets Microlearning | 218 |
Microlearning and the episodic nature of almost everything | 236 |
Storytelling as a Motivational Tool in Digital Learning Games | 250 |
Experiences in Setting up a Virtual Learning Game Project | 267 |
Providing Macrostructure for Microlearning | 283 |
From DoubleLoop Learning to TripleLoop Learning Profound Change Individual | 292 |
RTFM Teach Yourself Culture in Open Source Software Projects | 324 |
A Generative Model for Evaluation of Microlearning Processes | 381 |
Lurking as Microlearning in Virtual Communities An Explorative Analysis | 155 |
The Creative Application of Illusions | 171 |
Some Critical Remarks on Electronic Communication | 187 |
Reflections on Mobile and LocationBased Learning | 200 |
Quality Management for the Implementation of Elearning | 398 |
About the Contributors | 417 |
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