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Immersion is the subjective impression that one is participating in a comprehensive, realistic experience. Interactive media now enable various degrees of digital immersion. The more a virtual immersive experience is based on design strategies that combine actional, symbolic, and sensory factors, the greater the participant's suspension of disbelief that she or he is "inside" a digitally enhanced setting. Studies have shown that immersion in a digital environment can enhance education in at least three ways: by allowing multiple perspectives, situated learning, and transfer. Further studies are needed on the capabilities of immersive media for learning, on the instructional designs best suited to each type of immersive medium, and on the learning strengths and preferences these media develop in users.

Digital Culture: "Faux Friendship" - how the idea of friendship is being moderated by digital media

Digital Culture: "Faux Friendship" - how the idea of friendship is being moderated by digital media from the Chronicle of Higher Education

teachers as "defenders of the book" are some of the last citizens to use digital media

teachers as "defenders of the book" are some of the last citizens to use digital media

New Media Literacies: digital library, teacher strategy guides, and ethics casebook

New Media Literacies: digital library, teacher strategy guides, and ethics casebook

Seven Things That Could Make Your Gadgets Obsolete: (1) HDMI 1.4 - new standard for moving media from source to display will include 3DTV & ethernet for transfer of data up to 100 Mb/sec (2) USB 3.0 - new USB format at up to 400 Mb / sec is ten times faster than USB 2.0 (3) 3DTV - you'll need glasses - to appear latter half of 2010 (4) DLNA - Digital Living Network - around since 2004 is now getting integrated into lots of digital appliances. Get ready for the promised "connected house" (5) Mobile ATSC - to allow us to get t.v. broadcast signal to mobile devices (6) Ambient Light Sensors and other eco-friendly tv features (7) Internet-enable TV sets

Joanna Goode's research on the digital divide - published in New Media and Society - that "high school opportunities around technology really shape students' abilities to engage fully in university academic life"

MacArthur Foundation: digital media and learning

The Digital Narrative: finding your story with new media

Antonio Lopez on DIY learning in digital ecologies

HASTAC / MacArthur: grant competition - Digital Media and Learning

Digital Journalism Workspace