Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation

Applications of Adaptive Hypermedia in Education.- Protocols of Coordination and Structured Communication in Synchronous CSCL Environments.- Components of an EML Proposal for Collaborative Learning Modelling.- Analysis of Engaged Online Collaborative Discourse: A Methodological Approach.- Adding Constraints to a Virtual Course Using a Formal Approach to the Interactions in Collaborative Learning.- An Experiment in Collaborative Writing.- The ‘Contract’ as a Pedagogical Tool in e-Learning.- Development of a Personalized e-learning Experience Based on IMS Standard Technologies.- e-QUAL: e-Learning with Quality. Proposal for an Evaluation Model on the Quality of e-Learning Courses.- Pedagogical Approaches for Online Environments.- Contextual Online Learning Model: A Proposal.- School Web Pages and Writing: From Product Exhibition to Knowledge Construction.- Taking Advantage of the Web in the Portuguese Class: An Experience.- Kitchen Science: Through the Window of the Web.- Development and Experience in Teaching Biochemistry with a Multimedia Study Environment.- An Educative Application Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy for the Learning of Inheritance in Oriented-Object Programming.- Visualization and Role-play to Teach Object-Oriented Programming.- Making Concept Maps Available on the Web to the Students.- The Web as a Means of Promoting Reading and Writing Habits: The Netescrit@ Project.- Usage of the AWLA Online Writing Resource for Language Learning.- A WebQuest about Tuthankamen.- Blogs: A Teaching Resource and a Pedagogical Strategy.- An Ontology Based Semantic System for Mathematical Problem Solving.- LOMEditor: Composition and Classification of Learning Objects.- Arguing On-line in Order to Learn How to Argue.- Use of ICT and Project Work in Teacher Training at thePublic School System.- The Production of Internet Pages by Visual Impaired PSENs through a Computer Mediated Distance Learning Program.

This volume contains a selection of papers covering the latest research and experiences on the application of Information and Communication Technologies in the field of Education, especially in the Ibero-American space.

Areas covered include:
- Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational environments
- Web based courses, tools and resources
- ICT in special education
- Collaborative learning
- Distance learning supported by ICT
- E-Learning in Higher Education
- Innovative experiments using ICT in educational context
- Teacher training on the utilization of ICT in education
- Methodologies for ICT use in educational context
- Social aspects of the utilization of ICT in education
- Educational applications of ubiquitous computing
An important book for researchers and practitioners in e-learning, computer-based education, educational software, distributed learning, lifelong learning and open and distance learning; as well as developers and users of educational software and computer-mediated educational tools.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras