An ecology of e-learning
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An ecology of e-learning. / Olesen, Mogens.
2014. Abstract from Fifteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association: , Toronto, Canada.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An ecology of e-learning
AU - Olesen, Mogens
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The emergence of digital media is currently affecting our society across the board. However, until now our educational system has been relatively unaffected. Building on Marshall McLuhan’s point that media are environments, we argue that our schools will eventually need to adopt digital media in their learning methods, i.e. e-learning. There are at least two strong arguments for e-learning: 1) it will help schools staying in tune with the rest of the society. 2) digital media offer opportunities to learn in new, activating ways. We use Andy Clark’s extended mind thesis to argue how technologies can scaffold interactive learning and make it more engaging. The article analyzes e-learning, first by defining four aspects that are affected by it, and finally we sketch four levels of e-learning. On the basis of this analysis, we use a case topic (World War 2) to demonstrate how e-learning in practice can take various shapes.
AB - The emergence of digital media is currently affecting our society across the board. However, until now our educational system has been relatively unaffected. Building on Marshall McLuhan’s point that media are environments, we argue that our schools will eventually need to adopt digital media in their learning methods, i.e. e-learning. There are at least two strong arguments for e-learning: 1) it will help schools staying in tune with the rest of the society. 2) digital media offer opportunities to learn in new, activating ways. We use Andy Clark’s extended mind thesis to argue how technologies can scaffold interactive learning and make it more engaging. The article analyzes e-learning, first by defining four aspects that are affected by it, and finally we sketch four levels of e-learning. On the basis of this analysis, we use a case topic (World War 2) to demonstrate how e-learning in practice can take various shapes.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - e-learning
KW - iPads
KW - McLuhan
KW - Media environments
KW - Extension of Mind
M3 - Konferenceabstrakt til konference
T2 - Fifteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association:
Y2 - 19 June 2014 through 22 June 2014
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