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Making the Right Connections: Challenges for the Educator and Learner

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As a result of the ever increasing popularity and expansion of the Internet and web technologies, learning and teaching is being transformed. This brings both benefit and risk. The aim of this paper is to focus on the associated risks as ICT continues to be embedded in the curriculum. Although excellent practice can be cited there are still clear challenges in three major areas, namely, the digital divide, appropriate staff development for all staff and the issue of e-safety and the curriculum. This paper is part of a long term study by the authors in monitoring how the use of technology can become an integral part of teaching and assessment and central to the development of, and engagement with curriculum.

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  1. University of South Wales, UK

    Norah Jones & Catherine Jones

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  1. The Open University of Hong Kong, Good Shepherd Street, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Simon K. S. Cheung

  2. Computer Science Department, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Joseph Fong

  3. School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

    Wilfred Fong

  4. Deaprtment of Business Administration, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, 18 Chui Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, China

    Fu Lee Wang

  5. Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Lam For Kwok

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Jones, N., Jones, C. (2013). Making the Right Connections: Challenges for the Educator and Learner. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Fong, W., Wang, F.L., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning and Continuing Education. ICHL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8038. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39750-9_14

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