Transforming education with new media
Subtitle: participatory pedagogy, interactive learning and Web 2.0
By: Peter DePietro
Series: Counterpoints. Studies in the postmodern theory of education
Publisher: PETER LANG; Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781433117930; 9781433117947
Subjects: Internet in education; Online social networks; Case studies
Description: The possibilities that online platforms and new media technologies provide, in terms of human connection and the dissemination of information, are seemingly endless. With Web 2.0 there is an exchange of messages, visions, facts, fictions, contemplations, and declarations buzzing around a network of computers that connects students to the world-fast. Theoretically this digital connectivity, and the availability of information that it provides, is beneficial to curriculum development in higher education. Education is easily available, democratic, and immersive. But is it worthwhile? Is the kind of education one can get from new media platforms and social media resources, with their click-on videos, rollover animations, and unfiltered content, of sufficient quality that educators should integrate these tools into teaching? This book examines the use of new media in pedagogy, as it presents case studies of the integration of technology, tools, and devices in an undergraduate curriculum taught by the author, at an urban research university in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.