Digital Education: Beyond the “Wow” Factor
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My intention in this final chapter is to address two central questions: in the light of the issues and themes raised by other contributors throughout this book, where do we stand with digital education today? Secondly, what are the prospects, roles, and concerns for digital educators in the future? My starting point will be three educational cameos, two imaginary and one real, each designed to illuminate the subsequent discussion about the nature of learning and the role of digital education. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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Most students should not be affected by a 'wow' factor using these technologies in class.
“So, in the context of this study girl and boy students had a similar previous experience when they were involved in the project, and most of them should not be affected by a 'wow' factor (Bax, 2011) using these technologies in class.”
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- Authors
- Bax, S.
- Corresponding author
- Bax, Stephen
- Venue
- Digital Education
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 239-256
- OpenAlex
- W82335404
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks (publishedVersion)
- University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital Education and Society
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology and E-Learning
- Keywords
- digital education, future of education, nature of learning, educational technology, online learning
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