Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors’ biographies

Part 1: Place

Chapter 1: The changing teaching and learning environment

The cultural and social context

The learner

The teacher and teaching interventions

Tools and technologies

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Transforming the library – e-books and e-buildings

Introduction

The book will eat itself – e-books 2.0

What e-books could be – the online or networked book

The e-book library – not reading but searching

Every searcher a book, every book its e-book reader platform

Devices and gadgetry

E-publish or perish

Google Books – the infinite library

The future observed

If there were no such thing as libraries would we build them today?

The connected building

Part 2: People

Chapter 3: Online social networking, the e-learning holy grail?

Introduction

Background to the study

Pilot study

Main study

Conclusion

Chapter 4: E-learning models: a Web 2.0 approach to staff development in higher education

Best practice models

Creating a community

Harness collective intelligence

Egalitarian participation

Social networking

Discussion

Conclusion

Part 3: Technology

Chapter 5: A deployment strategy for maximising the impact of institutional use of Web 2.0

Introduction

Examples of uses of Web 2.0 services

Maximising the impact of Web 2.0 within an organisation

Two tribes

Case studies

A risk assessment toolkit

A risks and opportunities framework

Chapter 6: Emerging technologies for learning

Introduction

Web 2.0 and social software

Web 3.0?

Social software on mobile devices

Mobile learning

Connectivity

The mobile internet

Changing society, changing learners

Conclusion

Part 4: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Meeting the challenge

Introduction

Change and connectivity

The power of the user

Trust and do it yourself

Synthesis

The smart web

Skills full circle

Concluding remarks

Index

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