Rebecca Griffiths – författare

Online and Blended Postsecondary Learning provides a comprehensive yet accessible synthesis of new knowledge about the benefits and challenges of technology-enabled teaching and learning in higher education.Summarizing the last ten years of research, trends, and strategic issues in online and blended learning, this book draws from major studies and meta-analyses as well as original scholarship to present a coherent and balanced account of digital learning’s opportunities and limitations. Across ten chapters, the authors illustrate how empirical research and professional practice have evolved in light of the explosion of urgency around remote learning and the widespread consumer availability of artificial intelligence tools. They review theoretical underpinnings of how students learn and explain how the affordances of current and emerging technologies can support effective, evidence-based instructional approaches. The authors then discuss institutional contexts for supporting effective practices, an increasingly critical issue in the age of AI. The book explores how the intentional design of blended in-person and online learning can optimally leverage affordances of technology while maintaining essential interpersonal aspects of students’ academic experiences.Researchers, graduate students, and teaching faculty in educational technology, learning sciences, and instructional design programs, as well as administrators of university teaching and learning centers and online programs, will come away well-equipped to make informed decisions about policy and practice in a landscape that is changing rapidly, full of obstacles, and in need of enduring, foundational principles of teaching and learning.

Online and Blended Postsecondary Learning provides a comprehensive yet accessible synthesis of new knowledge about the benefits and challenges of technology-enabled teaching and learning in higher education.Summarizing the last ten years of research, trends, and strategic issues in online and blended learning, this book draws from major studies and meta-analyses as well as original scholarship to present a coherent and balanced account of digital learning’s opportunities and limitations. Across ten chapters, the authors illustrate how empirical research and professional practice have evolved in light of the explosion of urgency around remote learning and the widespread consumer availability of artificial intelligence tools. They review theoretical underpinnings of how students learn and explain how the affordances of current and emerging technologies can support effective, evidence-based instructional approaches. The authors then discuss institutional contexts for supporting effective practices, an increasingly critical issue in the age of AI. The book explores how the intentional design of blended in-person and online learning can optimally leverage affordances of technology while maintaining essential interpersonal aspects of students’ academic experiences.Researchers, graduate students, and teaching faculty in educational technology, learning sciences, and instructional design programs, as well as administrators of university teaching and learning centers and online programs, will come away well-equipped to make informed decisions about policy and practice in a landscape that is changing rapidly, full of obstacles, and in need of enduring, foundational principles of teaching and learning.

Yorkshire has been at the heart of English history for over 2,000 years and has been shaped by Roman and Viking invaders, the conflict of the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil Wars. With such a wealth of heritage to uncover, 50 Finds from Yorkshire considers the spectacular and the everyday finds that help to illuminate Yorkshire’s hidden past.Objects found by the public, and recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, have produced some of the most important discoveries from the region in recent times. These finds have helped to refine our understanding of Yorkshire’s history and the lives of the people who lived there. Ranging from spectacular hoards of silver buried by the Vikings to unique Celtic fittings which show that people in Yorkshire had their own style, these finds can be woven into the narrative of the past. They also get us closer than ever to the ordinary people, with seals naming individuals and trader’s tokens identifying occupations. There are also tantalising glimpses of the Roman cult of Mithras active in rural Yorkshire. Every object found is another thread in the rich tapestry that is the history of Yorkshire.50 Finds from Yorkshire highlights these amazing discoveries and explores how they help to define our understanding of one of the most significant areas of Britain.