Chapter
How Can We Bridge the Home School Digital Divide?
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 2 How do People Learn?
Beyond General Theories of Learning
What About the Quality of Learning?
Active Versus Passive Learning
Preferred Learning Styles
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 3 Social Interactions and Written Communication
Changes in Written Language
Abbreviations Mediated Through Technology
The Effects of Text Abbreviations on Literacy Skills
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 4 E-books, E-Readers and Tablets, Are they the Way Forward?
E-books: Are they Effective Teaching Tools or an Adjunct to Real Reading Activities?
Promoting Collaboration and Peer-Group Interactions
Adult Instruction is Still Important
The Benefits of Kindles and iPads
Mobile Technology and Second Language Learning
What About Those at Risk of Reading Difficulties?
A Multisensory Experience
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 5 Becoming Digitally Literate
Engaging with New Forms of Literacy
So Which Literacy Skills are Required to Become a Digital Native?
Visual Literacy and Visual Representations
How Can Visual Representations Support Learning?
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 6 Social Networking as an Educational Tool
Facebook as a Popular Networking Tool
Social Networking in Educational Contexts
So Why is the Educational Use of an SNS Different from Using a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)?
Where Does This Leave Us?
The Need to Establish Rules of the Game: Netiquette
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 7 Absorbed by Technology
Driven by the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
The Interplay of Cognition and Internet Activity
Are Multitaskers Always at a Disadvantage?
So What are Young People Learning?
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 8 Games, Learning and Education
Simply Addicted to Games?
Is Gaming a Panacea for Educational Ills?
The Future of Games for Learning
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 9 Misbehaviour or Merely Misunderstanding?
What is Academic Dishonesty?
Prevalence Rates of Academic Malpractice
Why do Students Take the Risk?
Do they Know What they are Doing?
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 10 Being Emotionally Intelligent and Risk Resilient
Overcoming Risks and Building Resilience
Self-Disclosure and Social Networking
So are Emotional Intelligence and Resilience the Key to Reducing Risk?
How do We Cultivate a State of Emotional Intelligence and Risk Resilience?
Risks, Skills and Opportunities
Chapter 11 The Future of Learning
The Skills of the Net Generation
Bridging the Home–School Divide
Can Psychological Theory Inform Educational Practice?
Promoting Educational Change
Learner, Teacher and School Level Characteristics
Many Possibilities but No Certainties
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Learning and the E-Generation
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