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Book SynopsisTeaching Machines provides invaluable new insight into our current debate over the efficacy of educational technology.
Trade ReviewProvides valuable historical background, memorable stories, and a thoughtful tour of today's landscape. Those working towards an initial, but informed, opinion of the possibilities of educational technology will find the book helpful. -- Mark Notess elearn Magazine Teaching Machines' readability and its appealing mix of theory and narrative, historical and contemporary developments make it a valuable choice as a course reader for lecturers, instructional designers and indeed for anyone engaged in the business of education. It will sit in a prominent place on my bookshelf, thanks to its engaging, insightful and comprehensive review of the evolution of educational technology. -- Steve Wheeler Times Higher Ed What Ferster's readable history shows, at some fundamental level, is a need to rethink the real capabilities of educational technology. Reflective Teacher ... an accessible account of "teaching machines" enlivened by the author's personal anecdotes, his reflections and many photographs and illustrations. Canadian Journal of Higher Education ... Teaching machines contributes a highly readable analytical guide to a world that many historians of education have tended to dismiss. Journal of the History of Education Society
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Introduction
2. Sage on the Stage
3. Step by Step
4. Byte by Byte
5. From the Cloud
6. Making Sense of Teaching Machines
Notes
Index
