By: Tom van Weert (Editor), Arthur Tatnall (Editor)

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Information and Communication Technologies in Real-Life Learning presents the results of an International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working conference held December 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. The working conference was organized by IFIP Working Group 3.2 (Informatics and ICT in Higher Education) and IFIP Working Group 3.4 (Professional and Vocational Education in Information Technology).

Challenges originating in large scale economic and social change, rapid transition to a knowledge-based society and shortage of knowledge workers demand new approaches in higher and professional education. International trends are observed in the following areas: learning in real-life situations; development of relationships with business and industry; and new forms of assessment.

The papers in this book present a cross-section of issues in real-life learning in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role. Some of the issues covered include: education models for real-life learning enabled by ICT; effective organization of a real-life learning environment; the changing role of the student; the changing role of educational institutions and their relationship with business and industry; the changing role of teachers and their use of ICT; and managment of ICT-rich education change.

Preface : information and communication technologies and real-life learning
Real-life learning : why, what and how? : keynote addresses to IFIP ICT and RLL working conference	p. 1
Virtual corporate training systems : defining criteria and indicators for evaluation	p. 13
Issues in the assessment of real-life learning with ICT	p. 21
Knowledge work management : a framework for Web-based knowledge products and instant-qualification	p. 29
Communities of practice in higher education	p. 39
Knowledge acquisition in small businesses : capacity building for the use of IS	p. 47
Experiences and practices in modeling distance learning curricula for capillary approaches and limited ICT resource scenarios	p. 55
The use of ICT in the delivery of online services : and its impact on student satisfaction at RMIT University	p. 67
From graduate to undergraduate : translating a successful online graduate model for undergraduate teaching	p. 73
Encapsulating real-life experience	p. 85
Getting interactive MEDIA into schools : experiences from a pilot project in Austria	p. 95
Intelligent learning objects : an agent-based approach of learning objects	p. 103
Using ICT in a problem-based learning approach : a student and teacher perspective	p. 111
Real-life learning in higher education : embedding and modelling the effective use of ICT	p. 123
Higher education : learning in real-life	p. 131
In real-life learning, what is meant by 'real'? : the concept of reality and its significance to IS curriculum	p. 143
Learning from the ICT industry real-life context	p. 151
Pathways in real-life learning : the road to expertise	p. 159
Real-life learning in virtual communities of technology	p. 167
Teacher training on the job : a generic metadata modeling approach for personalised learning and learner support	p. 179
Exploring the role of informal learning in real-life learning	p. 189
Simulating real-life problems : use of problem-based learning in information systems	p. 197
A model for university seminars held in companies : a case study	p. 205
Customization of industrial training : benefits and problems	p. 213
Work integrated learning in information technology education	p. 223
Providing masters level computing students with real-life learning experiences via capstone projects	p. 231
A structural model of the information systems professional : comparing practitioners, employers, students, and academics	p. 243
The industry and education nexus : how one school tackled certification	p. 255
Focus group 1 : experiences and challenges in fostering industry and university collaborations	p. 263
Focus group 2 : the developing importance of formal and informal professional communities of practice	p. 269
Focus group 3 : the challenge of creating and establishing the role of online and virtual learning environments for all	p. 277
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ISBN: 9780387259963
ISBN-10: 0387259961
Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 297
Published: 28th June 2005
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.603