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7 Tips for Harnessing the Energy of Social Media in Class

Campus Technology: Like the sand running through an hourglass, control of the learning process in American universities has gradually shifted from the institutions to the students. In colonial Harvard or Princeton, the college had a tight grip on what would be studied and complete entitlement to the undivided attention of students in the lecture hall. Administrators set rigid standards for student performance and there were severe consequences for not meeting them. By the late 19th century, though, students had much more to say about what they studied, how they studied it and how much effort they chose to give to the whole enterprise. The "gentleman's C" had become part of university culture even at the most elite institutions; When the student failed to rise above that C, it was not a sign of inability, but simply an announcement that he was above striving.

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