Teaching machines : learning from the intersection of education and technology / Bill Ferster.

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Ferster, Bill, 1956- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Tech.eduPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781421415413
1421415410

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

371.33 23

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LB1028.3 .F49 2014eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- The sage on the stage -- Step by step -- Byte by byte -- From the cloud -- Making sense of teaching machines.

Summary: Examines past attempts to automate instruction from the earliest use of the postal service for distance education to the current maelstrom surrounding Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The author tells the stories of the entrepreneurs and visionaries who developed and promoted various instructional technologies. Ferster describes attempts to enhance the classroom experience with machines, from hornbooks, the Chautauqua movement, and correspondence courses to B.F. Skinner's teaching machine, intelligent tutoring systems, and eLearning. Teaching Machines provides invaluable insight into our current debate over the efficacy of educational technology.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The sage on the stage -- Step by step -- Byte by byte -- From the cloud -- Making sense of teaching machines.

Examines past attempts to automate instruction from the earliest use of the postal service for distance education to the current maelstrom surrounding Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The author tells the stories of the entrepreneurs and visionaries who developed and promoted various instructional technologies. Ferster describes attempts to enhance the classroom experience with machines, from hornbooks, the Chautauqua movement, and correspondence courses to B.F. Skinner's teaching machine, intelligent tutoring systems, and eLearning. Teaching Machines provides invaluable insight into our current debate over the efficacy of educational technology.

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