ABSTRACT

Have you found yourself saying or thinking any of these things? If so, you are experiencing the effects of significant problems in higher education. This chapter will attempt to unpack statements like these by examining them within a social context and reframing them as symptoms of pervasive problems in higher education, rather than an entire generation of lost souls. We will examine learning within the fabric of a society that has been transformed from the inside out by emerging technologies and ask whether or not our current learning practices are still relevant in light of these sweeping changes. To put that another way, are our students the problem? Or is it our instructional model?