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Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success, A.W. (Tony) Bates and Gary Poole. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003. 336 p. $36.00 (ISBN: 0-787-96034-9)
In less than 300 pages, A.W. (Tony) Bates and Gary Poole cover established schools and philosophical theories in education, outline and explain myriad technological issues, and pinpoint the participants in the educational process who might benefit from teaching with technology. Their decision to combine in one book several important subjects and viewpoints-such as teaching and learning, application of technology, and administrative issues in academia-created an ambitious and arduous task. The book successfully reconciles those broad lines of approach, based on the personal experience and knowledge of the authors.
Both scholars have long been professionals in education, and this book is, in particular, a logical step for Tony Bates, following his books on technology and distributive learning. It is reminiscent of and ties up nicely with the works of Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt on...