Teaching Machines: Learning from the Intersection of Education and Technology

by Bill Ferster

Technology promises to make learning better, cheaper, faster--but rarely has it kept that promise.

The allure of educational technology is easy to understand. Classroom instruction is an expensive and time-consuming process fraught with contradictory theories and frustratingly uneven results. Educators, inspired by machines' contributions to modern life, have been using technology to facilitate teaching for centuries.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421415402
• ISBN13: 9781421415406
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"