TY - BOOK ID - 8854133 TI - The war on learning PY - 2014 SN - 9780262027380 9780262323253 0262323257 1306731054 9781306731058 0262027380 9780262323260 0262323265 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts DB - UniCat KW - COMPUTER NETWORKS -- 370.33 KW - TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS -- 370.33 KW - COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION -- 370.33 KW - INTERNET IN EDUCATION -- 370.33 KW - MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCS) -- 370.33 KW - GAMIFICATION OF LEARNING -- 370.33 KW - VIDEO LECTURES -- 370.33 KW - DIGITAL LEARNING -- 370.33 KW - HIGHER EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY -- 370.33 KW - Education, Higher KW - Teacher-student relationships. KW - Internet in education. KW - University extension. KW - Universities and colleges KW - Educational technology. KW - Computer-assisted instruction. KW - Effect of technological innovations on. KW - Computer network resources. KW - Computer networks. KW - Computer-assisted instruction KW - Educational technology KW - Internet in education KW - Teacher-student relationships KW - University extension KW - Extension education KW - Distance education KW - Education KW - Summer schools KW - Colleges KW - Degree-granting institutions KW - Higher education institutions KW - Higher education providers KW - Institutions of higher education KW - Postsecondary institutions KW - Public institutions KW - Schools KW - Pupil-teacher relationships KW - Student and teacher KW - Student-teacher relationships KW - Students and teachers KW - Teacher and student KW - Teacher-pupil relationships KW - Teachers and students KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Internet (Computer network) in education KW - Technological innovations KW - Instructional technology KW - Technology in education KW - Technology KW - Educational innovations KW - Instructional systems KW - Teaching KW - CAI (Computer-assisted instruction) KW - Computer-aided instruction KW - Computer-assisted learning KW - Computer based instruction KW - Computer-enhanced learning KW - Electronic data processing in programmed instruction KW - ILSs (Integrated learning systems) KW - Integrated learning systems KW - Microcomputer-aided instruction KW - Microcomputer-assisted instruction KW - Microcomputer-assisted learning KW - Microcomputer-based instruction KW - Programmed instruction KW - Telematics KW - Computer network resources KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - Computer networks KW - Aids and devices KW - Data processing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8854133 AB - 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. ER -