Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning

Technology is profoundly changing education. If students are going to continue to pay enormous sums for campus classes, colleges will need to provide more than what can be found online and maximize "naked" face–to–face contact with faculty. Teaching Naked shows how technology is most powerfully used outside the classroom and, when used effectively, how it can ensure that students arrive to class more prepared for meaningful interaction with faculty. José Bowen introduces a new way to think about learning and technology that prioritizes the benefits of the human dimension in education. Here he offers practical advice for faculty and administrators on how to engage students with new technology, while restructuring classes into more active learning environments. Praise for Teaching Naked "Bowen makes the most intelligent argument I′ve encountered about how we should think about teaching and learning and emerging technologies." — Ken Bain , provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of history and urban education, University of the District of Columbia; author, What the Best College Teachers Do "Insightful and provocative, it is filled with practical advice for teachers, administrators, and institutions on how to navigate the revolutionary present in order to remain relevant for the future." — Elizabeth Barkley , professor of music, Foothill College; author, Student Engagement Techniques and Collaborative Learning Techniques "This is one of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. I could not stop sharing quotes from it with my wife, also an educator, while reading it." — L. Dee Fink , author, Creating Significant Learning Experiences

Preface ix About the Author xxi PART I: The New Digital Landscape 1 1. The Flat Classroom and Global Competition 3 2. Social Proximity and the Virtual Classroom 27 3. Games, Customization, and Learning 51 PART II: Designing 21st–Century Courses 73 4. Designing College More Like a Video Game 75 5. Technology for Information Delivery 103 6. Technology for Engagement 129 7. Technology for Assessment 153 8. The Naked Classroom 185 PART III Strategies for Universities of the Future 215 9. The Educational Product in the Internet Age 217 10. The Naked Curriculum 243 11. The Naked Campus 267 Bibliography 289 Index 315

José Antonio Bowen is dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, Algur H. Meadows Chair, and professor of music at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

"It′s true that Bowen is interested in creating classroom space for interaction, discussion, reflection and engagement. But the book—part persuasion, part how–to—spends a great deal more time on what technology offers for the design of educational experiences.... Teaching Naked [is a] good introduction to some of the most notable and/or promising types of resources for higher education." — Mary Taylor Huber , "Books Worth Reading" for Change magazine