Exploring current issues in educational technology

Preface: Why This Book Is Different. Introduction. Selecting Your Scenarios: Chapter Overviews. From Video to Virtual Reality: Technology and Its Instructional Potential. From Conditioning to Constructivism: Learning Theories and Their Impact On How We Teach. Section 1 Curricular Concerns: Strategies and Skills. Chapter 1: The Role of Research: Asking the Right Questions About Educational Technology. Chapter 2: Surviving the Information Explosion: Researching on the World Wide Web. Chapter 3: Deconstructing Constructivism: The Paradox of Planning Unstructured Units. Chapter 4: How Can Technology Facilitate Constructivist Units? Section 2: Difficult Decisions: Crucial Yet Complicated. Chapter 5. TV or Not TV? That Is the Question: Commercialization of the Classroom. Chapter 6: Is a Computer's Place in the Lab or in the Classroom? Chapter 7. Replacing Books with Notebook: Hard Copy Versus Software. Chapter 8. Is Educational Technology Sometimes Just Too Expensive? Section 3: Social Issues: Rights and Responsibilities. Chapter 9. Internet Indiscretions: The Limits of Free Expression in Cyberspace. Chapter 10. It Takes a Global Village: Multicultural Studies Through Telecommunications. Chapter 11. Coming to Conclusions About Inclusion: What Role for Assistive Technologies? Chapter 12: Fair Use: Copyright or Copywrong? Section 4: New Opportunities: Engaging or Enraging? Chapter 13: Is Hypermedia Worth the Hype? Chapter 14: Digital Developments: Televisions Technological Transformation. Chapter 15: Distance Education: So Far, So Good? Chapter 16: Conceptual Connections: Establishing Online Learning Communities. Section 5: Future Possibilities: Virtually No Limitations. Chapter 17: Teacher Training in Technology: The Trials and Tribulations of the Technophobes. Chapter 18: Is Artificial Intelligence Better Than Authentic Stupidity? Chapter 19: Thats Virtually Impossible! (or Is It?): Virtual Reality in the Classroom. Chapter 20: The Third Millennium School: From Industrial to Information Society.