Digital Education Opportunities for Social Collaboration
A collection of content-based chapters and case studies examining the pedagogical potential and realities of digital literacies in education. The book aims to examine a number of foundational aspects of Web 2.0 technologies and social media applications a
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Palgrave Macmillan’s Digital Education and Learning Much has been written during the first decade of the new millennium about the potential of digital technologies to produce a transformation of education. Digital technologies are portrayed as tools that will enhance learner collaboration and motivation and develop new multimodal literacy skills. Accompanying this has been the move from understanding literacy on the cognitive level to an appreciation of the sociocultural forces shaping learner development. Responding to these claims, the Digital Education and Learning Series explores the pedagogical potential and realities of digital technologies in a wide range of disciplinary contexts across the educational spectrum both in and outside of class. Focusing on local and global perspectives, the series responds to the shifting landscape of education, the way digital technologies are being used in different educational and cultural contexts, and examines the differences that lie behind the generalizations of the digital age. Incorporating cutting-edge volumes with theoretical perspectives and case studies (single authored and edited collections), the series provides an accessible and valuable resource for academic researchers, teacher trainers, administrators and students interested in interdisciplinary studies of education and new and emerging technologies.
Series Editors: Michael Thomas is Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE). Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, futurist, and visionary in the areas of education and learning. He is the author of Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning (2010). James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor at Arizona State University. His most recent book is Policy Brief: Getting Over the Slump: Innovation Strategies to Promote Children’s Learning (2008).
Digital Education Edited by Michael Thomas
Digital Education Opportunities for Social Collaboration
Edited by
Michael Thomas
DIGITAL EDUCATION
Copyright © Michael Thomas, 2011. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 20 11 All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-29382-7 ISBN 978-0-230-11800-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230118003 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Digital education: opportunities
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