new media and 21st C learning

Lev S. Gonick (Vice President for IT Services and Chief Information Officer at Case Western Reserve University) writes about New Media and Learning in the 21st Century in the Jan/Feb issue of EDUCAUSE Review.

Interesting perspective from a US-university-IT point of view, in that he talks about networked collaboration, new curriculums and a new generation of learners, and concludes that “the issues related to integrating new media and learning are every bit as much about helping institutions learn (and change) as they are about transforming the individual learner. As we like to say in the IT world, students already ??get it.?? The point is to help higher education institutions ??get it?? in a meaningful way…”

Sounds familiar, but how?? Gonick reports that “new media literacy is being seriously debated and integrated into core curriculums at a number of the most forward-thinking and prestigious colleges and universities in the world”. Sounds promising.