The New Digital Shoreline

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.

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.

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