Digital Schools

How Technology Can Transform Education

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Darrell M West

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In this insightful new book, Darrell West examines new models of education made possible by enhanced information technology, models that will make public education in the post-industrial age more effective and more relevant. Pilot programs all across America are experimenting with different organizations and delivery systems. In particular, West examines personalized learning; real-time student assessment; enhanced teacher evaluation; distance learning; special education; blogs, wikis, and social media; and video games and augmented reality in K–12 and higher education.

Author Biography:

Darrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he also directs the Center for Technology Innovation. His many books include the Brookings titles The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (2011), Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy (2010), and Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era, written with Edward Alan Miller (2009).

Release date Australia

July 15th, 2013

Author

Darrell M West

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

159

Dimensions

152x227x11

ISBN-13

9780815725442

Product ID

21486882

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