The Strategic Use of Learning Technologies:

This is the 88th issue of the quarterly journal"New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education,"

ELIZABETH J. BURGE a guest professor at Mid Sweden University for 2000-2001, is professor of adult education and distance education at the University of New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada.

Editor's Notes

1

(6)

Elizabeth J. Burge

Learning Strategies for Learning Technologies

7

(10)

Christine H. Olgren

Underpinning the use of any old or new learning technology is what a learner actually has to do in order to process information effectively and manage the learning context

Learning Technologies for Learner Services

17

(10)

Marion Phillips

Patrick Kelly

The extensive experience of the Open University in the United Kingdom shows how old and new learning technologies are integrated to give frank and friendly assistance to adults during all phases of their learning careers

Extending Information Literacy in Electronic Environments

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(12)

Sandra Kerka

The use of an essential but often underrated set of skills can save an adult learner from information overload and other unhelpful effects of naive information management

Unintended Effects in Using Learning Technologies

39

(10)

Allan Herrmann

Robert Fox

Anna Boyd

Unintended effects cannot fully be anticipated, but they at least may be analyzed with wit and wisdom

Print

49

(10)

Jennifer O'Rourke

Its features of durability, flexibility, and accessibility enable adults to learn from, with, and beside the sophisticated technology of print

Radio as a Learning Technology

59

(10)

May Maskow

Radio has new potential for engaging listeners in complex thinking, but its special features need particular attention

Professional Development for Web-Based Teaching: Overcoming Innocence and Resistance

69

(10)

Genevieve M. Gallant

Reactions by educators in various adopter categories to the Web call for differing strategies if the effects of innocence and resistance are to be minimized

Constructivist Learning on the Web

79

(10)

Brent Wilson

May Lowry

After using the underlying principles of learning and cognition that apply to all media and learning contexts, a wise practitioner will apply information design and learner guidance strategies that are relevant to the Web

Synthesis: Learners and Learning Are the Issues

89

(8)

Elizabeth J. Burge

Wise practitioners show how holistic conceptual frameworks will challenge a technology-biased view of adults and their learning

Index

97

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