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Hung, Cheng-Yu – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
New technologies have changed the way people perceive the world as well as access to knowledge. The ubiquitous influence of the Internet has also impacted traditional teaching in schools. According to existing studies, the weblog, or blog, is one of the most commonly applied new technologies in teaching due to its ability to allow a combination of…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Technology Uses in Education, Citizenship Education
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Fainholc, Beatriz – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
The pressures of the information and digital culture exhibit innovation, but also a hegemonic power, and act in reciprocity with the global economy. Theoretical concepts and practical actions need to be revisited, to build equity in virtual communication. A sociological-cultural focus of communication mediated by technology, cannot occur without…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Context
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Cuban, Larry; Jandric, Petar – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
In this article, Larry Cuban discusses his ideas about the topic of this Special Issue of E-learning and Digital Media "Networked Realms and Hoped-For Futures: A Trans-Generational Dialogue" with one of its co-editors, Petar Jandric. The conversation explores the historical relationships between education and information and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Prediction, Innovation
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Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
As higher education institutions enter the intense competition of the rapidly growing global marketplace of online education, the leaders within these institutions are challenged to identify factors critical for developing and for maintaining effective online courses. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems are considered critical to…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Performance Factors, Performance Technology
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Adams, Catherine A.; Pente, Patti – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2011
Schooled in an earlier time, educators are laboring to find meaningful purchase in new media environments, unable to match the fluency and sophistication of their "digital native" students. Yet is Marc Prensky's portrayal of teachers as "digital immigrants" really an accurate rendering of the today's situation? Drawing on phenomenological and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Handheld Devices, Familiarity, Generational Differences