Harnessing America's wasted talent : a new ecology of learning /
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 a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
Jossey-Bass,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 179 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118269589 1118269586 9780470597552 0470597550 9780470597576 0470597577 9780470597569 0470597569 |