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    Authentic Learning Environments

    Authentic learning is a pedagogical approach that situates learning tasks in the context of future use. Over the last two decades, authentic learning designs have captured the imaginations of innovative educat...

    Jan Herrington, Thomas C. Reeves, Ron Oliver in Handbook of Research on Educational Commun… (2014)

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    Mobile Technologies in Teacher Education

    As more and more children bring personal mobile devices to school, schools struggle to formulate policies that acknowledge their power as learning tools. Until quite recently, policy often simply prohibited th...

    Jan Herrington, Nathaniel Ostashewski, Doug Reid in Successful Teacher Education (2014)

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    Supporting Authentic Learning Contexts Beyond Classroom Walls

    At the classroom level, contexts for learning are often limited in the experiential component. Teachers and trainers feel overwhelmed by the difficulty of inventing contexts, and creating tasks that truly re...

    Jan Herrington, Marcus Specht, Gwyn Brickell in Learning Network Services for Professional… (2009)

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    Factors influencing quality online learning experiences

    The gradual uptake of online learning as a delivery medium for higher education necessitates a shift in the metrics used to determine quality and success. While the attributes that have typically been used as ...

    Ron Oliver, Jan Herrington in Quality Education @ a Distance (2003)