Teaching, Learning and the Net Generation: Concepts and Tools for Reaching Digital Learners

Teaching, Learning and the Net Generation: Concepts and Tools for Reaching Digital Learners

Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: November, 2011|Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 488
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-347-8
ISBN13: 9781613503478|ISBN10: 1613503474|EISBN13: 9781613503485
Hardcover:
Available
$175.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $175.00
Benefits
  • Printed-On-Demand (POD)
  • Usually ships one day from order
Hardcover:
Available
$175.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $175.00
Benefits
  • Printed-On-Demand (POD)
  • Usually ships one day from order
E-Book:
Available
$175.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $175.00
Benefits
  • Multi-user license (no added fee)
  • Immediate access after purchase
  • No DRM
  • PDF download
E-Book:
Available
$175.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $175.00
Benefits
  • Immediate access after purchase
  • No DRM
  • PDF download
  • Receive a 10% Discount on eBooks
Hardcover +
E-Book:
Available
$210.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $210.00
Benefits
  • Printed-On-Demand (POD)
  • Usually ships one day from order
  • Multi-user license (no added fee)
  • Immediate access after purchase
  • No DRM
  • PDF download
Hardcover +
E-Book:
Available
$210.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $210.00
Benefits
  • Printed-On-Demand (POD)
  • Usually ships one day from order
  • Immediate access after purchase
  • No DRM
  • PDF download
Article Processing Charge:
Available
$700.00
TOTAL SAVINGS: $700.00
OnDemand:
(Individual Chapters)
Available
$37.50
TOTAL SAVINGS: $37.50
Benefits
  • Purchase individual chapters from this book
  • Immediate PDF download after purchase or access through your personal library
Effective immediately, IGI Global has discontinued softcover book production. The softcover option is no longer available for direct purchase.
Description & Coverage
Description:

Although a growing body of research demonstrates the need for education to adapt to the needs of the Net Generation, research also shows that traditional teaching methods continue to dominate the classroom. To stay effective, higher education must adapt to the needs of this unique generation of digital natives who grew up with computer technologies and social media.

Teaching, Learning and the Net Generation: Concepts and Tools for Reaching Digital Learners provides pedagogical resources for understanding digital learners, and effectively teaching and learning with today’s generation of digital natives. This book creates a much-needed resource that moves beyond traditional disciplinary and geographical boundaries, bridges theories and practice, and addresses emerging issues in technology and pedagogy.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Active Learning
  • Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Digital Learners
  • Digital Technologies
  • Experiential Learning
  • Learner Characteristics
  • Peer-to-Peer Learning
  • Social Media
  • The Net Generation
Reviews & Statements

This book is a must read for educators who are interested in the future of learning at all levels, but especially in higher education. The measurable behavioral differences between the Net Generation (aka Millennials), and previous generations, have stimulated these educators and researchers to develop theories, as well as identify and test different technologies and pedagogies that may work more effectively and be better motivators. As a bonus, some of the new learning technologies and pedagogies may also prove more effective with preceding generations.

– Richard Sweeney, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Table of Contents
Search this Book:
Reset
Editor/Author Biographies
Sharmila Pixy Ferris (PhD, the Pennsylvania State University, 1995) is an Associate Professor in the Interpersoanl Concentration of the Department of Communication at William Paterson University. With a Master's in English and a Bachelor's in Psychology, Dr. Ferris brings an interdisciplinary focus to her research in computer-mediated communication. This relatively new field builds on an investigation of the potentials and innovations introduced to the field of communication by new computer technologies. Within the broader area of computer-mediated communication, Dr. Ferris studies gender, small groups, orality and literacy, and adoption patterns. She is an experienced consultant, and has worked with regional, national and multi-national corporations to conduct diversity training as well as workshops in communication skills, leadership, and teamwork. She has been published in a variety of journals including Qualitative Research Reports, The New Jersey Journal of Communication, The Electronic Journal of Communication, Interpersonal Computing and Technology, The Journal of Electronic Publishing and Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine.
Abstracting & Indexing
Archiving
All of IGI Global's content is archived via the CLOCKSS and LOCKSS initiative. Additionally, all IGI Global published content is available in IGI Global's InfoSci® platform.
Editorial Advisory Board
  • Maureen Minielli, Kingsborough Community College, USA
  • Kelli Jean Smith, William Paterson University, USA
  • Kathleen Woods, Independent, USA