Category Archives: OVC
The Electronic Age: The Age of Implosion – McLuhan
McLuhan, M. (1997). Media research: technology, art, communication: Routledge. In The Electronic Age – The Age of Implosion, McLuhan discusses the idea that the explosion of the electronic age has actually created an implosion of our models of perception. This is to say that we are now ever-more aware of individuals at much greater distances…
Cyberliteracy (4) – Distance Education
Gurak, L. J. (2001). Cyberliteracy: Navigating the internet with awareness. New Haven Conn.; London: Yale University Press. Even in 2001 (when Cyberliteracy was published), the use of the internet for distance education was growing. Gurak addresses this point from sort of a media richness perspective. “The richest form of communication has always been face-to-face. Humans…
Cyberliteracy(3) – Anonymity and Interactivity
Gurak, L. J. (2001). Cyberliteracy: Navigating the internet with awareness. New Haven Conn.; London: Yale University Press. Beyond Reach and Speed, the features of anonymity and interactivity define cyberliteracy even more. Anonymity Anonymity refers to the fact that in most settings, we can never really be sure who is on the other end.
Cyberliteracy(2) – Speed and Reach
Gurak, L. J. (2001). Cyberliteracy: Navigating the internet with awareness. New Haven Conn.; London: Yale University Press. In Chapter two of Cyberliteracy, Laura Gurak discusses speed, reach, anonymity, and interactivity, “[T]he functional units by which most Internet communication takes place (29).” She notes that whether they are working alone or in combination, they help explain…
Cyberliteracy (1)
“To be cyberliterate means that we need to understand the relationship between our communication technologies and ourselves, our communities, and our cultures (16).” Gurak, L. J. (2001). Cyberliteracy: Navigating the internet with awareness. New Haven Conn.; London: Yale University Press. Gurak defines cyberliteracy as “a critical technology literacy, one that includes performance, but also relies…
Reproduced and Emergent Genres of Communication on the World Wide Web
Crowston, Kevin, and Marie Williams. “Reproduced and Emergent Genres of Communication on the World Wide Web.” Information Society 16 3 (2000): 201-15. Given its attention to the definition and consideration of the communication genre, I am drawing on this article to help support my suggestion of the Online Video Conversation (OVC) as a new communication…
The Online Video Conversation: Yeah, you can use it for that.
Here is my Prezi Presentation from Day 2, 2009 PodcampAZ: The Online Video Conversation: Yeah, you can use it for that.
Using Video to Communicate in the Asynchronous Online Classroom
Here is my Prezi Presentation from Day 1, 2009 PodcampAZ: Using Video to Communicate in the Asynchronous Online Classroom
It’s Not “Human”
Following a meeting with my dissertation committee, it was drilled-in that what I am calling “Humanness”–the elements of face-to-face communication, such as visual (gesture, facial expression, attire, location, etc.), audio (voice intonation, volume, emotion, etc.), ability to be participatory– is really not represented well (or accurately) by that term. I need to come up with…
Dissertation Topic Detailed
As discussed in my November 25th post on Dissertation Topic – Online Video Conversations, I have focused down the topic and am moving forward. Here is an informal proposal detailing the direction I am going. As my die-hard follower(s) might notice, some of this was a portion of the ATTW proposal – that is a…