using mediated communication tools in the classroom research on technology in teaching

Using mediated communication tools in the classroom

Research on Technology in Teaching

CMC Redux

o Identifying the tools

o Identifying the discourse

o Designing for instruction

Technical Characteristics

o Synchroneity

o Persistence

o Exchange

o Audience

Synchroneity

This is also a temporal facet that describes a response on a continuum from synchronous - real time to asynchronous - delayed

It describes the notion of in sync - the more the various people are present to each other

conversation

telephone

Simple mail

synchronous

asynchronous

Persistence

synchronous

asynchronous

If the message is mutable it is hard to recall the message word for word. In contrast the more static a message The more immutable the content.

Persistence describes the nature of the message and the ability of an individual’s ability to recall the content of the message.

conversation

telephone

Simple mail

mutable immutable

Exchange

synchronous

asynchronous

Exchange describes the ability of participants to be able to negotiate meaning.

Exchange describes the type of response that is a continuum from active to passive.

conversation

telephone

Simple mail

mutable immutable

passive

active

Audience

synchronous

asynchronous

The audience can be either public or private or somewhere in between.

The audience is for whom the message is intended

conversation

telephone

Simple mail

mutable immutable

passive

active

privatepublic

Taxonomy of Choice

synchronous

asynchronous

conversation

telephone

Simple mail

mutable immutable

passive

active

privatepublic

Choice

functional interpretational

instrumental

technology discourse

applications

Design for Epistemic discourse

Instructional Design

Epistemic discourseDefine Epistemic?

Define Discourse

Instructional Design

Epistemic (Epistemology)What we know

And how we know it

Instructional Design

Epistemic discourseWhat we know

And how we know it

Instructional Design

Epistemic discourseReflection

Interaction

Discourse