Monthly Archives: October 2010
Time on Task
Lowerison, Gretchen, et al. Are We Using Technology for Learning? Journal of Educational Technology Systems 34 4 (2006): 401-25. No, this post has nothing to do with me staying on task beyond the fact that it is another blog post reviewing yet another source for the dissertation. This addresses a specific section of Lowerison et…
Are We Using Technology for Learning?
Lowerison, Gretchen, et al. Are We Using Technology for Learning? Journal of Educational Technology Systems 34 4 (2006): 401-25. In this article, Lowerison et al. detail their study on the role that computer technology plays in transforming the learning process in higher education, specifically, the relationship between computer-technology use, active learning, and perceived course effectiveness….
Digital Rhetoric: Toward an Integrated Theory
Zappen, James P. “Digital Rhetoric: Toward an Integrated Theory.” Technical Communication Quarterly 14 3 (2005): 319-25. Article Abstract: This article surveys the literature on digital rhetoric, which encompasses a wide range of issues, including novel strategies of self-expression and collaboration, the characteristics, affordances, and constraints of the new digital media, and the formation of identities…
Understanding New Media – Learning
“Education is ultimately concerned with something more than passive responses. It entails the creation on new visions” (183). Veltman, Kim H. Understanding New Media: Augmented Knowledge & Culture. University of Calgary Press, 2006. In chapter 8, Veltman explained how the corporate world created “action science,” a management method based on the tutorial approach of the…
Understanding New Media – Enduring Knowledge
“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” – T.S. Eliot “The Rock” (1934) Veltman, Kim H. Understanding New Media: Augmented Knowledge & Culture. University of Calgary Press, 2006. In my last post, I ended with a comment on how new media changes the way…