Roger McHaney

The New Digital Shoreline

How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues for nothing less than a reinvention of higher education to meet these new realities. Just adding technology to our teaching practices will not suffice. McHaney calls for a complete rethinking of our practice of teaching to meet the needs of this emerging world and envisioning ourselves as connected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781579224608
• ISBN-10: 1579224601
• Artikelnr.: 32910939

Autorenporträt

Roger McHaney is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and professor of management information systems in Kansas State University's College of Business Administration. He currently serves as the Daniel D. Burke Chair for Exceptional Faculty. A K-State faculty member since 1995, McHaney teaches courses in enterprise systems and computing. His research areas include simulation, education technology, virtual worlds, and organizational computing. McHaney holds a doctorate in computer information systems and quantitative analysis from the University of Arkansas. He has lectured in many countries including New Zealand, Australia, China, UK, India, Greece and Italy. McHaney has published in numerous journals, written textbooks, and developed an array of instructional materials including ELATEwiki.org. He is currently working on several projects that investigate how technology and Web 2.0 impact higher education. Sir John Daniel is President, The Commonwealth of Learning, and formerly Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO, and Vice-Chancellor of The Open University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword-Sir John Daniel Preface 1. Discovering a New Shoreline
Obsessions
Educational Tipping Point
Our Zahir
The Law of the Few
The Stickiness Factor
The Power of Context
Briefly, a Long Tale
Musing on Our Zahir 2. Indigenous Populations on the Shoreline
New Population
Who was that Guy (or Gal)? Shape Shifters
What, Me Wait? Time Shifters
Persistent and Accessible. Piracy and Storage
Are You Paying [for] Attention?
Not Now, I'm Busy Vs. Of Course Now, I'm Busy. Timeslicing
Thinking in Circles? Nonlinear Thinkers
Are We There Yet? Mobility and the Tech-Savvy Millennial
If I Can't Find It, I'll Make It. Creators
Honor Among Thieves or High Tech Con Artists?
Higher Education's Opportunity With Tech-Savvy Millennials 3. The New Shoreline's Topography. Platforms for Learning
Technological Change and the Future
Overview of Platforms
Interaction Devices
Content Development Tools for Students
Video Game Consoles and Devices
Mobile Devices
Virtual Learning Environments
Summary 4. The New Shoreline's Topography. Web 2.0 and Social Learning
Web 2.0 Overview
Social Computing
Social Media
Summary 5. The New Shoreline's Topography. Web 2.0 Content, Filtering, Apps, and Emergent Behaviors
Content Sharing
Filtering and Recommendations
Web Applications (Apps.
Emergent Behaviors on the Web
Summary 6. What Students are Finding on the New Shore
Student Expectations of Higher Education
The Reality of New Media
Class Delivery on the New Shoreline
Summary 7. Convergence on the New Shoreline
Metaphorical Visit to Randolph, Kansas
Pedagogy
Pedagogy Vs. Learning Theory
Fallacies of Learning Theories
Learning and the Tech-Savvy Millennial
Technologies and Learning Theory
The Connectivist Classroom
Summary 8. Taking the Next Step
Moving Forward in Changing Times. Settling the New Shoreline
Coping as a Teacher
Students' Roles on the New Shoreline
The Long Tail Revisited
Finding the Next Big Thing in Education
Conclusion References Appendix. Absolutes for Teaching Excellence Index