ABSTRACT
R. B. Barr and J. Tagg's insightful article from 1995, 'From Teaching to Learning', explores the characteristics of two distinct paradigms that operate in various ways throughout higher education: the teaching paradigm and the learning paradigm. Emerging technologies hold an array of opportunities for teachers committed to achieving the outcomes of a learning paradigm. By nature, social media, Web 2.0 tools, and mobile apps are participatory and easy to use. In short, they create a cascading array of opportunities for students to be active contributors in the learning process, yielding fabulous ideas for assessments and strategies for increasing student interaction. Encouraging students to create content with a Web 2.0 or social media tool is an effective way to assess learning, create relevant learning experiences more likely to foster deep learning, and develop critical-thinking skills.
