After the Information Age : A Dynamic

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James W. Marcum is University Librarian at Fairleigh Dickinson University New Jersey.

Preface

xi

ONE: Beyond Information

1

(20)

In Search of the Information Age

1

(4)

The Information Phenomenon

5

(7)

The Information Processing Paradigm

12

(2)

From Information Processing to Transfer

14

(1)

A Word about Technology and the Internet

15

(3)

Power and Limits of the Model

18

(1)

Conclusion

19

(2)

TWO: The Limits of Knowledge

21

(30)

Age of Knowledge

21

(3)

Information and Knowledge

24

(3)

The Visual-Experience Ecology

27

(2)

Age of the Network

29

(2)

The Mechanical, the Ecological, and the Connected

31

(2)

Knowledge Sharing

33

(2)

Knowledge Building/Knowledge Creation

35

(1)

Age of Learning

36

(12)

A Learning Society?

48

(2)

Conclusion: A "Really Big" Change

50

(1)

THREE: The Limits of Education

51

(20)

The State of Education

51

(3)

The Learning Renaissance

54

(2)

Theories of Learning

56

(2)

Learning Orientations and Behaviors

58

(2)

Preconditions for Dynamic Learning

60

(9)

Conclusion

69

(2)

FOUR: The Learning Phenomenon

71

(18)

Connectors and Flows: From. Learning to Dynamic Learning

71

(6)

Dynamic Learning

77

(3)

The Dimensions of Dynamic Learning

80

(6)

Conclusion: A Pause for Thought

86

(3)

FIVE: Ephemeral Knowledge in the Visual Ecology

89

(18)

Introduction

89

(2)

Visual Culture

91

(1)

Visual Ecology

92

(1)

Ephemera

93

(1)

A Big Question: Memory and Recall

94

(1)

The Image in Culture: Evolution of an Idea

95

(5)

The Image: From Distraction to Ecology

100

(2)

New/Pervasive Media

102

(3)

Conclusion

105

(2)

SIX: Visualizing Experience and Complexity

107

(16)

Introduction

107

(1)

Visualization

107

(4)

From Presentation to Interaction

111

(2)

Visual Language

113

(2)

Visual and Multiple Literacies

115

(2)

Visual Perception, Cognition, and Recall

117

(2)

Visual Learning, Knowledge, and Experience

119

(2)

Experience and Complexity

121

(1)

Conclusion

122

(1)

SEVEN: The Dynamic Learning Imperative

123

(26)

Introduction: Taking Stock

123

(1)

The New Economy

124

(4)

The New Organization

128

(2)

The New Workplace

130

(1)

Work and Learning

131

(2)

The End of Authority

133

(2)

The Dynamic Learning Imperative

135

(12)

Conclusion: Learning and the New Knowledge

147

(2)

EIGHT: The Dynamic Learning Society

149

(22)

The Learning Society

149

(8)

Challenges Redux

157

(7)

The Dynamic Learning Society

164

(4)

Conclusion: Who Will Meet the Need?

168

(3)

NINE: The Dynamic Learning Process

171

(8)

Preliminaries

171

(2)

The Dynamic Learning Process

173

(4)

Conclusion

177

(2)

TEN: A Dynamic Learning Manifesto

179

(8)

References

187

(24)

Index

211

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After the Information Age : A Dynamic Learning Manifesto

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