Learning Science and Technology—Cultivating University Students' Learning Abilities in the Information Age

Author: Sang Xinmin
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Publish Date: 2004-09-30
Features: The author is a recipient of the first national "Outstanding Educator Award" for higher education. This textbook conducts a series of pioneering research and experiments in exploring new learning and course models in the university campus network environment. It focuses on cultivating students' information literacy and their ability to use information technology for efficient learning, making this course a bridge between educational technology and information technology courses. It serves as a window for faculty and students to understand, experience, and engage with the emerging new learning models in the evolving information culture environment. The main content of this book includes: the transformation of learning methods in the information age, the cultivation of learning skills in multimedia and network environments, the fundamental theories and conceptual updates of learning, learning types and individual differences among learners, guidance on learning methods and strategies, and learning efficiency and evaluation. This designed content system is not only urgently needed for the reform and development of educational technology professional courses and public education courses in normal universities but also represents an important foundational effort in the informatization of higher education courses and teaching in China. Such course content has broad application prospects in distance and open education, teacher continuing education, and the reform and development of primary and secondary education.