BKLRNNTW.RVW   960728
 
"Learning Networks", Harasim/Hiltz/Teles/Turoff, 1995, 0-262-08236-5, U$35.00
%A   Linda Harasim
%A   Starr Roxanne Hiltz
%A   Lucio Teles
%A   Murray Turoff
%C   55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA   02142-1399
%D   1995
%G   0-262-08236-5
%I   MIT Press
%O   U$35.00 curtin@mit.edu
%P   329
%T   "Learning Networks"
 
Devoted to the topic of the use of computer-mediated communication tools for
teaching, this book is a rather pedestrian collection of anecdotes and
suggestions.  While the material is not impractical, it could be inspiring only
to those who have no experience with telecommunications tools.
 
This is particularly disappointing in light of Hiltz and Turoff's excellent
"Network Nation" (cf. BKNTNATN.RVW).  That earlier work has become a classic
due to a timeless insightfulness which is completely lacking in the current
book.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKLRNNTW.RVW   960728

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