The war on learning : gaining ground in the digital university /

The war on learning : gaining ground in the digital university /

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Author / Creator:	Losh, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mathews), author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on. Education, Higher -- Computer network resources. Teacher-student relationships. Internet in education. University extension. Universities and colleges -- Computer networks. Educational technology. Computer-assisted instruction. Computer-assisted instruction. Education, Higher -- Computer network resources. Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on. Educational technology. Internet in education. Teacher-student relationships. University extension. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348442

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ISBN:	9780262323253 0262323257 1306731054 9781306731058 9780262323260 0262323265 9780262027380 0262027380
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, online quizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and plagiarism-detection software. In the seats are the students, armed with smartphones, laptops, tablets, music players, and social networking. Although these two forces seem poised to do battle with each other, they are really both taking part in a war on learning itself. In this book, Elizabeth Losh examines current efforts to "reform" higher education by applying technological solutions to problems in teaching and learning. She finds that many of these initiatives fail because they treat education as a product rather than a process. Highly touted schemes -- video games for the classroom, for example, or the distribution of iPads -- let students down because they promote consumption rather than intellectual development. Losh analyzes recent trends in postsecondary education and the rhetoric around them, often drawing on first-person accounts. In an effort to identify educational technologies that might actually work, she looks at strategies including MOOCs (massive open online courses), the gamification of subject matter, remix pedagogy, video lectures (from Randy Pausch to "the Baked Professor"), and educational virtual worlds. Finally, Losh outlines six basic principles of digital learning and describes several successful university-based initiatives. Her book will be essential reading for campus decision makers -- and for anyone who cares about education and technology
Other form:	Print version: Losh, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mathews). War on learning. Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, [2014] 9780262027380
Publisher's no.:	EB00827785 Recorded Books

Table of Contents:

What they learn in college
The war on learning
On camera: the baked professor makes his debut
From reality tv to the research university
The rhetoric of the open courseware movement
Honor coding: plagiarism software and educational opportunism
Toy problems: education as product
The plays the thing: games and virtual worlds in higher education
Gaining ground in the digital university.