How education works : : teaching, technology, and technique / / Jon Dron.

In this absorbing volume, Jon Dron views education, learning, and teaching through a technological lens. Focusing on the parts we play in technologies--from language and pedagogies to computers and regulations--Dron posits that individuals are not just users but technical coparticipants.

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Superior document:Issues in Distance Education Series
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Place / Publishing House:Athabasca, Alberta : : Jon Dron,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Issues in Distance Education Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Preamble: Elephant Spotting
  • 1. A Handful of Anecdotes about Elephants
  • 2. A Handful of Observations about Elephants
  • Part I: All about Technology
  • 3. Organizing Stuff to Do Stuff
  • 4. How Technologies Work
  • 5. Participation and Technique
  • Part II: Education as a Technological Phenomenon
  • 6. A Co-Participation Model of Teaching
  • 7. Theories of Teaching
  • 8. Technique, Expertise, and Literacy
  • Part III: Applying the Co-Participation Model
  • 9. Revealing Elephants
  • 10. How Education Works
  • Epilogue
  • References.