The midden

This book gives a detailed and comprehensive coverage of how digital technologies can be used to transform our present, outdated, industrial model of education. Co-published by BC Campus and the Commonwealth of Learning, it is available as a free download. As we are aware, despite the widespread availability of new technologies, their impact on teaching and learning, particularly in higher education, has been minimal. The only measurable impact of the use of technology in HE institutions has been on the administrative side, with admissions, registration and purchasing using new technologies in order to operate within a much more technological-aware, external business world.

This failure to adopt new technologies in order to transform and enrich teaching and learning appears to be a global phenomenon. The book has been collaboratively written and edited by 50 HE practitioners from around the world and covers a wide range of topics on the use of new Information and Communication technologies to support and transform teaching and learning

It is divided into 5 sections:

1. The impact of instructional technologies
2. Creating online course
3. Implementing technology
4. E-learning in action
5. Engagement and communication

Aimed at practitioners, administrators, managers, decision-makers, it provides valuable advice, case studies, resources, tools, ideas and reflections on creating socially engaging learning experiences within an online learning environment.