Online Literacy Is a Lesser Kind - ChronicleReview.com - 0 views
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National School Boards Association measures social networking at nine hours per week, much of it spent on homework help
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Bill Genereux on 03 Feb 09This is the first year I have ever had students contact me via Facebook for help with assignments.
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I continue to believe in the linear, author-driven narrative for educational purposes. I just don't believe the Web is optimal for delivering this experience. Instead, let's praise old narrative forms like books and sitting around a flickering campfire
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Educators must keep a portion of the undergraduate experience disconnected, unplugged, and logged off.
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And just how do pencils and blackboards form intellegence? I find the the whole "sitting around a flickering campfire" nonsense. Article seems to be written by one who wants to ignore the cultural changes taking place in how information is created and distributed. The linear, author-driven narrative is nothing more than an attempt to keep authortarian control over information and the learning process. Much of science cannot be approached in a linear fashion but has to recognize a web of relationships and interactions.
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