Teaching, learning, and the net generation concepts and tools for reaching digital learners /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Ferris, Sharmila Pixy.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Educational technology.; Generation Y > Education.; Active learning; Blogs, wikis, and podcasts; Collaborative learning; Digital learners; Digital technologies; Experiential learning; Learner characteristics; Peer-to-peer learning; Social media; Net generation
• Online Access: Chapter PDFs via platform:

"This book provides pedagogical resources for understanding digital learners, and effectively teaching and learning with today's generation of digital natives, offering a much-needed resource that moves beyond traditional disciplinary and geographical boundaries, bridges theories and pract...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Developing faculty to integrate innovative learning into their practice with the SOLE model / Simon Paul Atkinson
• 2. The gloss and the reality of teaching digital natives: taking the long view / Star A. Muir
• 3. Personalized integrated educational systems: technology for the information-age paradigm of education in higher education / Charles M. Reigeluth, William R. Watson and Sunnie Lee Watson
• 4. Frustration vaccination?: inoculation theory and digital learning / Josh Compton
• 5. Face-to-face communication outside the digital realm to foster student growth and development / Charles F. Aust
• 6. Millennials are digital natives?: an investigation into digital propensity and age / Boaventura DaCosta, Carolyn Kinsell and Angelique Nasah
• 7. Net geners' multi-modal and multi-tasking performance in complex problem solving / Robert Z. Zheng
• 8. Interactivity and its effect on student learning outcomes / James P. Gleason and Laura Beth Daws
• 9. Engaging the digitally engaged student: comparing technology-mediated communication use and effects on student learning / Scott C. D'Urso and Craig R. Scott
• 10. Critical insights: net generation, wikis, and group collaboration / Maureen Ebben, Russell Kivatisky and Daniel A. Panici
• 11. Using blogs to overcome the challenges of a research methods course / Susanne Croasdaile ... [et al.]
• 12. Using an anywhere/anytime technology to facilitate student writing / Hilary Wilder, Carrie Eunyoung Hong and Geraldine Mongillo
• 13. A cross-disciplinary exploration of Web 2.0 technologies to enhance critical thinking and collaboration / Marsha M. Huber, Jean P. Kelly and Shirine Mafi
• 14. Empowering 21st century learners through personal learning networks / Shannan H. Butler and Corinne Weisgerber
• 15. Leveraging multicommunication in the classroom: implications for participation and engagement / Keri K. Stephens, Melissa Murphy and Kerk F. Kee
• 16. New media and digital learners: an examination of teaching and learning / William J. Gibbs
• 17. Action learning: inspire lasting learning through truly applied projects / Scott P. Roberts and Steven G. Buzinski
• 18. The net generation illusion: challenging conformance to social expectations / Rachel Ellaway and Janet Tworek
• 19. Utilizing audio and video captures to train and engage the net generation in effective presentation skills / Jessica Fargnoli
• 20. Service-learning as a pedagogical approach for net generation learners: a case study / Sally Blomstrom
• 21. Teaching with PowerPoint in the net generation / Chris Gurrie and Brandy Fair
• 22. Integrating personal experiences and course materials to promote net generation student learning in an online health communication course / Rukhsana Ahmed.