Author(s): Myint Swe Khine,Issa M. Saleh
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 607
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-06-30
Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 35.05mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: 2010 ed.
Illustrations: XXXIV, 607 p.

The earliest educational software simply transferred print material from the page to the monitor. Since then, the Internet and other digital media have brought students an ever-expanding, low-cost knowledge base and the opportunity to interact with minds around the globe-while running the risk of shortening their attention spans, isolating them from interpersonal contact, and subjecting them to information overload.


The New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education deftly explores the multiple relationships found among these critical elements in students' increasingly complex and multi-paced educational experience. Starting with instructors' insights into the cognitive effects of digital media-a diverse range of viewpoints with little consensus-this cutting-edge resource acknowledges the double-edged potential inherent in computer-based education and its role in shaping students' thinking capabilities. Accordingly, the emphasis is on strategies that maximize the strengths and compensate for the negative aspects of digital learning, including:








Group cognition as a foundation for learning







Metacognitive control of learning and remembering







Higher education course development using open education resources







Designing a technology-oriented teacher professional development model







Supporting student collaboration with digital video tools







Teaching and learning through social annotation practices





The New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education brings emerging challenges and innovative ideas into sharp focus for researchers in educational psychology, instructional design, education technologies, and the learning sciences.