A book review of Knobel's and Lankshear's (2007), A New Literacies Sampler. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-9523-1

The authors critique the commonly accepted notions of ‘digital native’ students and the widening generation gap between them and ‘technophobic’ faculty. Their case studies, from UK higher education, demonstrate that ...

In the past, centralised technology departments had major influence over the choices of learning applications in higher education. With the emergence of freely available Web 2.0 and open access tools, instructors and ...

A power shift is occurring in higher education, driven by two trends: (a) the increased freedom of learners to access, create, and recreate content; and (b) the opportunity for learners to interact with each other outside ...