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Title:
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HOMO ZAPPIENS AND ITS IMPACT ON LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION |
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Author(s):
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Wim Veen , Jan-paul Van Staalduinen |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-83-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Higher education; Homo Zappiens; Network learning; Future of higher education |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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11 |
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Last Page:
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18 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Homo Zappiens is the generation that is growing up with modern communication technologies since the nineties of last
century. Prominent characteristics of Homo Zappiens include their preference for images and symbols as an enrichment
of plain text, their seemingly effortless adoption of technology and their cooperation and sharing in networks. They use
technology for their purposes instead of what it was built for, creating unexpected uses, and increasingly, this generation
seems to take exploration and learning, discovering the world, into their own hands. Homo Zappiens shows us we can
increasingly rely on technology to connect us and allow us to organize and preserve our society as a group. In a
networked society, the individual has more room for contributing its unique value, and innovation and knowledge reside
in a network, rather than in each separate individual. Higher education institutions will evolve towards institutions that
will function as hubs in knowledge networks, serving students working in fluid communities of research or learning on
subjects of their interest. Realizing that we need a flexible structure for organizing ourselves and the world around us, we
can look at Homo Zappiens for a clue. |
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