Digital Technology as Affordance and Barrier in Higher Education
Authors: Smale, Maura, Regalado, Mariana
Free Preview- Fills a gap in the literature on student use and access to digital technology in the twenty-first century
- Offers insights from original research to inform strategies for academic and student support
- Presents strategies for curriculum design and implementation which should be of use to faculty, staff, and administrators at colleges and universities
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- About this book
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This book explores college students’ lived experiences of using digital technologies for their academic work. Access to and use of digital technologies is an integral aspect of higher education in the twenty-first century. However, despite the tech-savvy image of them propagated by the media, not all college students own and use technology to the same extent. To ensure that students have the best opportunities for success, all in higher education must consider ways to increase affordances and reduce barriers in student technology use. This book explicitly examines urban commuter students’ use of digital technologies for academic work, on and off campus.
- About the authors
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Maura A. Smale is Professor and Chief Librarian at New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, USA. She has researched and published on student scholarly habits, critical librarianship, and open education.
Mariana Regalado is Associate Professor and Head of Reference & Instruction, Library at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA. She has researched and published on undergraduate academic experience and research habits.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Situating College Students and Technology
Pages 1-21
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College Students and Fixed Technology
Pages 23-40
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College Students and Mobile Technology
Pages 41-56
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College Students, Technology, and Time
Pages 57-71
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Recommendations for Technology in Higher Education
Pages 73-87
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Digital Technology as Affordance and Barrier in Higher Education
- Authors
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- Maura Smale
- Mariana Regalado
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-48908-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-48908-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-48907-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 102
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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