基本説明
Increasing success rates in higher education requires a new approach towards effective teaching and learning. This book provides tools to make this happen by highlighting the flaws in higher education that are preventing opportunity and wasting talent for many students.
Full Description
Increasing success rates in higher education requires a new approach towards effective teaching and learning. Harnessing America's Wasted Talent provides tools to make this happen by highlighting the flaws in higher education, like using only the orthodox college model, preventing opportunity and wasting talent for many students. This reference explores Second Life, iTunes University, and Web 2.0 to capitalize on the capacity of every learner. This resource is essential reading for every college leader and policy-makers to meet all of students' educational needs.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Part One1 Wasted Talent. 2 Maxed Out: Why Colleges Can't Meet This Challenge. 3 The Paradox of Personal Learning. Part Two: Dangerous Conceits. 4 Different Strokes for Different Folks. 5 Learning Is More Than "Strictly Academic". 6 You Can't Get There from Here. Part Three: From Access to Success: A New Ecology of Learning. 7 The End of Scarcity: Education's Emerging Long Tail. 8 Game Changers: New Media and the Open Education Resource Movement. 9 Reaching the Middle Third: Talent-Friendly Colleges for the Twenty-First Century (C21Cs). Conclusion: A New Ecology of Learning. Resources. References. Index.
