DIGITAL LIBRARY
THE REALIZATION OF DIGITAL BOOKS AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING
Università degli Studi di Foggia (ITALY)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2012 Proceedings
Publication year: 2012
Pages: 2417-2420
ISBN: 978-84-615-5563-5
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 6th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 5-7 March, 2012
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
Teacher training requires a continuous update in using of tools and strategies that facilitate learning process.
This work aims to demonstrate, through the description of teaching experience at a primary school helded in Foggia (G. Catalano), addressed to teachers; the opportunity to create digital books, different content, using the collaborative learning network.
The books were made thanks to Calameo program that allows you to instantly create interactive publications on the Web.
The advantages of these publications are: saving on cost and production time, innovative original and fun communication, reading statistics and other marketing capabilities to determine the effectiveness of your publications, access facility and storage of files available on Internet at any time.
Within the contribution, it is possible to identify the pedagogical implications that collaborative tecnology mediated learning allows: virtual group communication facilitates the activation of higher cognitive levels, such as the development of critical thinking and the evaluation of problem-solving strategies, expresses interest in the studies and promotes the accountability of their own and others' learning process.
Keywords:
Learning, collaborative learning, tecnology.