About the Book
Hypermedia and multimedia have penetrated the world of computer games, Internet, and CD-ROM based reference manuals. However, the fields of education, schooling, and training ask more specific benefits from them. This book provides practical approaches to transform these media into learning tools. Crucial helping steps include the migration from expository to exploratory learning strategies, the integration of collaborative learning practices in plenary and individualistic teaching styles, and the evolution from test-driven to experience-oriented training.
This volume has three goals:
* to discuss the concepts of hypermedia, multimedia, and hypertext and review pertinent research lines;
* to provide guidelines and suggestions for developing multimedia applications; and
* to place technology within a broader context of education and training through a discussion of rich environments for active learning (REALs).
The book takes a developmental focus to helpf readers set up and manage the process of developing a multimedia application. It is not a technical or a how-to manual on working with video, sound, digitized graphics, or computer code. The text takes a unique approach to the idea of media-- viewing media as delivery systems: if video is called for, use it; if sound will help in an application, use it. The fundamental guidelines presented here are usually not media specific. Media works only within the strategies with which they are used.
Aimed at practitioners--people who teach about or develop multimedia and hypermedia applications--this volume carefully examines the main components and issues in developing applications. It provides suggestions and heuristics for sound, fundamental design processes.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface. Part I: Hypermedia and Multimedia Concepts.P.A.M. Kommers, Definitions. P.A.M. Kommers, Multimedia Environments. P.A.M. Kommers, Research on the Use of Hypermedia. Part II: Developing Hypermedia and Multimedia Applications.J.C. Dunlap, S. Grabinger, Nodes and Organization. S. Grabinger, J.C. Dunlap, Links. R. Marra, Human-Computer Interface Design. S. Grabinger, Screen Design. J.C. Dunlap, User Support Strategies. R. Marra, Evolution and Maintenance. M. Tessmer, Formative Evaluation. Part III: Rich Environments For Active Learning.S. Grabinger, J.C. Dunlap, Encourage Student Responsibility. J.C. Dunlap, S. Grabinger, Make Learning Meaningful. J.C. Dunlap, S. Grabinger, Active Knowledge Construction. T.A. Cyr, Learner Assessment. Index.
About the Author :
Joanna C. Dunlap, Piet A.M. Kommers, Scott Grabinger
Review :
"Finally! Amidst the burgeoning literature on agrifood studies a sociological perspective has been sorely missing. In particular, Carolan's book will prove invaluable to those of us who teach in this area and have been looking for a way to weave in sociological theory to examine the wide array of food and agricultural topics." -- Carmen Bain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, USA. "This highly recommended text is an accessible, lively and up-to-date introduction to the sociological imagination and agrifood studies, filling the gap between the sociologies of food production and food consumption." -- Sally Foster, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. "Professor Carolan provides a masterful overview of past and recent developments in the sociology of food and agriculture. This book will serve as a useful reference for advanced scholars but, perhaps more importantly, is also a necessary and very accessible text for undergraduate students and other novices to the subject." -- Leland Glenna, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society, Pennsylvania State University, USA. "Clearly written, but theoretically sophisticated, Carolan uses a wealth of published research to present a more critical 'sociological' analysis of contemporary food system issues that contrasts sharply with the mainstream narratives that dominate in the agricultural and food sciences. The examples are authoritative, fresh, provocative, and speak directly to current social and political debates on farm and food issues." -- Douglas Jackson-Smith, Professor of Sociology, Utah State University, USA. "This is critical sociology at its best. In this introductory text, Carolan goes behind the scenes of the global agrifood industry to examine the complex socio-economic and political arrangements that shape food production and consumption. Presenting the latest findings from internationally-based research, the book highlights the structural causes of present-day concerns about hunger, obesity, rural social disadvantage, farmer dispossession, supermarket power and environmental degradation. Oppositional movements challenging the current system of food provision are also discussed in detail. Carolan is one of the foremost writers in contemporary agrifood studies and he has fashioned a book that provides an up-to-date, informative and highly readable overview of the global agrifood system. The book will have immediate appeal to students, policy-makers and all those concerned about the future of food and farming." -- Geoffrey Lawrence, Professor of Sociology, Head of Sociology and Criminology and Food Security Focal Area Co-Leader at the Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia. "This volume is the perfect starting point for students and others interested in food and its background. Very accessible, this volume develops a sociological view on food from its appearance on the dinner table to its origin in the field and from the life-world of the farmer to global food security. It does so by also engaging with vital debates on (the future of) food." -- Peter Oosterveer, Associate professor in the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
