Some interesting books have just been made available free on amazon.co.uk which may be of interest to staff and students but may only be available free for a short time – so act quickly! You don’t need a Kindle to read these books as there are free apps available for PC and Mac computers along with a number of mobile devices.
Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations ~ Ken Blanchard
Democratizing Innovation ~ Eric von Hippel
The Civic Potential of Video Games (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ Joseph Kahne
New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and “Worked Examples” as One Way Forward (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ James Paul Gee
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ Henry Jenkins
The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ Cathy N. Davidson
Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ Mizuko Ito
Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) ~ Carrie James
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This is a very helpful and interesing post. Informative, indeed. Shortly after recieveing the post I found myself reading one of the books mentioned and now I can’t let go of it. Thank you very much! 🙂
If I did have a kindle could I use it to read the other e-books and e-resources available from the library?
This is a useful post. However I tried getting getting the first one and it is not free. Where do you get the free version from?
It is free now. Just click on it and you will be taken to the Amazon page where you click on the purchase button.