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A socially critical view of the self-managing school
The shift from the model of central government educational control to school- based management has been widely adopted and acclaimed and has created the general impression of increased democracy and participation.; The international contributors to this book tackle this important policy issue and look behind the scenes of the moves towards school self- management. They investigate the phenomeno…
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- 9781135721114
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- vi, 260p. : ill.
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- 371.2 SOC s
Internet and mobile phone addiction : health and educational effects
Internet use-related addiction problems (e.g., Internet addiction, problem mobile phone use, problem gaming, and social networking) have been defined according to the same core element: the addictive symptomatology presented by individuals who excessively and problematically behave using the technology. Online activity is the most important factor in their lives, causing them the loss of contro…
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- 9783038976042
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- xii, 311p. : ill.
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- 616.8584 INT i
Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesn't feel like victory
With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is su…
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- 9781909188365
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- x, 232p. : ill.
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- 378.17344678 WEL b
Open data and the knowledge society
This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation toward a 'knowledge society'.
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- 9789462980181
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- 203p. : ill.
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- 070.4 WES o
Living and learning with new media : summary of findings from the digital you…
This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings—at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. It offers a condensed version of a longer treatment provided in the book Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking O…
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- 9780262513654
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- xx, 98p. : ill.
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- 302.23108350973 MIZ l
Digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected
How emergent practices and developments in young people's digital media can result in technological innovation or lead to unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters.Young people's use of digital media may result in various innovations and unexpected outcomes, from the use of videogame technologies to create films to the effect of home digital media on family life. This …
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- 9780262633598
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- 269p. : ill.
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- 600 DIG d
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