CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline September 15, 2008 Looking Toward the Future of Technology Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native A book edited by: Dr. Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, Austria and Mandy Schiefner, M.A.,University of Zurich, Switzerland Introduction Stephen Downes described the use of Web 2.0 technologies for teaching and learning as “e-Learning 2.0”. With the phrase “the user is the content” in mind, a new approach to the student’s participation in learning has developed around the incorporation of the Internet into educat ion. Due to these social revolutions, education has to be rethought. Learning as well as teaching will take place with different devices and in diverse environments. Maybe the time of the chalkboard, traditional face-to-face teaching, and the “teach-reply-test” settings have come to an end. WLAN and new mobile devices have brought technology to where learning and teaching takes place – in the lecturing room. But are these rooms appropriate as new educational settings? Are lecturers well prepared for these paradigm changes? Can users attend a lecture in a more interactive way? There are many vital questions which need to be answered concerning what the education of tomorrow should be. The learner of the future is totally digitalized— the often so-called “digital native” who has never lived in a world without Internet. Media data as well as computers are in daily use. A world without such technology is not imaginable. Consequently, will our learning behavior change? A wealth of research opportunities exist within the field of pervasive or ubiquitous computing. As this research and advancements are incorporated into education, a new form of education be named u- Learning (ubiquitous) – learning where ever you are and with your personal device- will emerge. Aim of the Book Under the guidance of buzzwords like digital natives, Google generation, digital gap, m- and u-Learning, etc., this book discusses the scientific base developments and pedagogical scenarios for the future of education in educational institutions. This publication further aims to suggest strategies as well as support services for educational institutions. Accordingly, we invite innovators and visionary people on educational sectors to present and discuss their results with us. “Learning from learning experiments” best describes the book’s goal. The publication will give an overview of technology-enhanced learning and its importance to learning and teaching in higher education. E-Learning, e-Learning 2.0 or mobile learning are currently buzzwords in this area. But when are such measurements valuable? How will Computer Supported Collaboration Work (CSCW) influence our future learning and teaching behavior? Are we walking into an information overflow or are we able to handle it? Can the learners of tomorrow be compared to the learners of today? What are new competencies for learners within the media age? Are there new forms of learning which have to be implemented in schools and universities? How can we integrate technical and pedagogical issues? There are many questions concerning the topic of e-Learning, because web technologies are dramatically changing with enormous speed. A great amount of research is necessary to integrate new possibilities into the daily learning and teaching process. Didactical approaches must be tested in real life settings to enhance the quality of learning environments. E-Learning deals with the possibilities of media