Learning in a Digitalized Age: Plugged in, Turned on, Totally Engaged?

Download or read book Learning in a Digitalized Age: Plugged in, Turned on, Totally Engaged? written by Lawrence Burke and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All professional learning communities agree that there is added value in utilizing technologies to enhance and facilitate student success. This volume seeks from us a critical and informed answer to one of the most important educational questions of the day: how successful will learners be in the digital age? Here, writers with real hands-on experience in the field challenge many of the assumptions about teaching and learning in the digital age. It is relevant and important for all those interested and concerned about the kinds of debates, arguments and ideas which are influencing and changing the nature of teaching and learning in the early decades of the 21st century.