The New Digital Shoreline

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ISBN: 9781579224608 | 1579224601
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Copyright: 3/31/2011

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Two seismic forces beyond our control-the advent of Web 2.0 and the inexorable influx of tech-savvy Millennials on campus-are shaping what Roger McHaney calls ôThe New Digital Shorelineö of higher education. Failure to chart its contours, and adapt, poses a major threat to higher education as we know it.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Discovering a New Shoreline	p. 1
Obsessions	p. 1
Educational Tipping Point	p. 1
Our Zahir	p. 2
The Law of the Few	p. 3
The Players: Mavens, Connectors, and Advocates	p. 3
The Stickiness Factor	p. 6
Sticky Roles?	p. 6
Sticky Classes?	p. 6
Other Stickiness Lessons	p. 7
The Power of Context	p. 8
Briefly, a Long Tale	p. 9
Musing on Our Zahir	p. 11
Indigenous Populations on the Shoreline	p. 14
New Population	p. 15
Tech-Savvy Hordes	p. 15
Early Adopters	p. 17
More Than Just Early Adopters	p. 19
Who Was That Guy (or Gal)? Shape Shifters	p. 19
What, Me Wait? Time Shifters	p. 24
Persistent and Accessible: Piracy and Storage	p. 26
Are You Paying [for] Attention?	p. 30
Not Now, I'm Busy Vs. Of Course Now, I'm Busy: Timeslicing	p. 34
Timeslicing in the Classroom	p. 36
Thinking in Circles? Nonlinear Thinkers	p. 40
Are We There Yet? Mobility and the Tech-Savvy Millennial	p. 42
If I Can't Find It, I'll Make It: Creators	p. 43
Why Are Artistic Expression and Creativity Blooming?	p. 44
Honor Among Thieves or High-Tech Con Artists?	p. 46
Higher Education's Opportunity With Tech-Savvy Millennials	p. 48
The New Shoreline's Topography: Platforms for Learning	p. 50
Technological Changes and the Future	p. 51
Overview of Platforms	p. 53
Interaction Devices	p. 55
Clickers	p. 55
Microphones	p. 56
Webcams	p. 56
Teaching Implications of Interaction Devices	p. 57
Content Development Tools for Students	p. 58
Digital and Video Cameras	p. 58
Teaching Implications of Content Development Tools	p. 59
Video Game Consoles and Devices	p. 59
Major Players	p. 59
Teaching Implications of Video Game Consoles	p. 60
Mobile Devices	p. 61
Mobile Phones and Smart Devices	p. 61
E-Book Readers	p. 63
Tablets	p. 66
Netbooks and Small Laptops	p. 67
Teaching Implications of Mobile Devices	p. 67
Virtual Learning Environments	p. 70
Open Source Systems	p. 71
Commercial Systems	p. 71
Moving Outside the VLE	p. 75
Teaching Implications of Virtual Learning Environments	p. 76
Summary	p. 77
The New Shoreline's Topography: Web 2.0 and Social Learning	p. 79
Web 2.0 Overview	p. 79
Social Computing	p. 80
Social Networks	p. 80
Instant Messaging (IM)	p. 85
Web Videoconferencing	p. 86
Metaverses	p. 87
Online Game Worlds	p. 93
Teaching Implications of Social Computing	p. 95
Social Media	p. 100
Blogging	p. 101
RSS	p. 103
Podcasting	p. 104
Screencasting	p. 107
Microblogging: Twitter	p. 107
Wikis	p. 110
Teaching Implications of Social Media	p. 114
Summary	p. 115
The New Shoreline's Topography: Web 2.0 Content, Filtering, Apps, and Emergent Behaviors	p. 118
Content Sharing	p. 118
Video and Photo Sharing	p. 119
Textbooks and Tech-Savvy Millennial	p. 120
Web 2.0 Textbooks: BookBooN, Textbook Revolution, Scribd, Flat Earth	p. 128
Teaching Implications of Content Sharing	p. 129
Filtering and Recommendations	p. 132
Social Bookmarking	p. 133
Tags	p. 134
Teaching Implications of Filtering and Recommendations	p. 135
Web Applications (Apps)	p. 136
Virtual Office Tools	p. 136
Mobile Apps	p. 138
Teaching Implications of Web Applications	p. 141
Emergent Behaviors on the Web	p. 143
Summary	p. 144
What Students are Finding on the New Shore	p. 145
Student Expectations of Higher Education	p. 145
Driving Lessons	p. 146
Educational Alternative Diets	p. 148
The Reality of New Media	p. 150
Class Delivery on the New Shoreline	p. 154
The Paper Chase	p. 156
Summary	p. 158
Convergence on the New Shoreline	p. 160
Metaphorical Visit to Randolph, Kansas	p. 161
Academic Floods	p. 162
New Randolph	p. 162
Pedagogy	p. 163
Pedagogy Vs. Learning Theory	p. 164
Behaviorism	p. 165
Cognitivism	p. 165
Constructivism	p. 166
Connectivism	p. 167
Fallacies of Learning Theories	p. 168
Learning and the Tech-Savvy Millennial	p. 169
Tipping Points and Learning Theory	p. 170
Characteristics of the Tech-Savvy Millennial and Learning Theory	p. 172
Technologies and Learning Theory	p. 176
Technologies for Instructivism	p. 178
Technologies for Constructivism	p. 182
Technologies for Connectivism	p. 186
The Connectivist Classroom	p. 194
Summary	p. 195
Taking the Next Step as a Teacher	p. 199
Moving Forward in Changing Times: Settling the New Shoreline	p. 199
Coping as a Teacher	p. 200
Students' Roles on the New Shoreline	p. 204
The Long Tail Revisited	p. 205
Higher Education's Long Tail	p. 205
Relevance to Students	p. 207
Future Skills	p. 208
Finding the Next Big Thing in Education	p. 208
What Next	p. 211
New Age of Socratic Teaching	p. 212
Conclusion	p. 213
References	p. 215
Appendix	p. 231
Absolutes for Teaching Excellence
Index	p. 233
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