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Learning methods for the twenty-first century will include those which are student-centered, learning-focused, and digitally enhanced. Teaching will become learning management; the lecturer will become a learning guide, and students will become learning inventors. This book provides chapters describing a number of methods to be used in higher education in the twenty-first century. Some methods have been in existence for a period of time; others are literally at the front edge of development. Trying them out, piloting them, and experimenting with them for the benefit of the student is well worth the effort.
It is best to be as prepared as possible for future changes rather than waiting to see what is going to happen. Those who try and are successful will be the leaders in learning management of the near future. In the digital world, being at the leading edge has definite advantages. No matter which method is used, it should focus on the student as learner with the faculty member as a learning guide. To survive in the twenty-first century, students will need to become continuous learners, developing with changes at an exponential velocity. Educators need to keep this critical concept in mind.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Concept-Based Education
Chapter 2. Project Based Education
Chapter 3. Online Education
Chapter 4. The Flipped Classroom Education
Chapter 5. Gaming Education
Chapter 6. YouTube Education
Chapter 7. Google Education
Chapter 8. MOOC Education
Chapter 9. Virtual Reality Education
Epilogue
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the author
Dr. Darrel W. Staat is past president of three community colleges and a state system. He has extensive experience as a classroom and online instructor and currently serves as a university professor.
Summary
This book gives educators a view into the kinds of methods to use in the twenty-first century. Higher Education will need to make a transition from what is accepted practice today, to what will become successful methods in the near future. The new emphasis places the student in the center of the educational process.
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The book, Student Focused Learning, will be very valuable to educators as well as students who are learning the important role that the digital era plays in student learning. The book provides a wealth of information that will be beneficial to students as they learn using today’s technology and digital resources.
