Statements such as this, however, most certainly represent a limited understanding of what consti... more Statements such as this, however, most certainly represent a limited understanding of what constitutes "information technology." A broader perspective would concede that writing itself is the fundamental information and communication technology underpinning any literate culture. As Ong (1982, p. 81) observes, people in early literate cultures thought of writing "as an external, alien technology, as many people today think of the computer." Plato, for example, deliberated over its benefits and drawbacks in the Phaedrus in the 4th Century BCE, just as we now deliberate over how the computer will change education, communications, and so on. Plato casts his reflection on the subject as a dialogue between the inventor of letters, Theuth, and an Egyptian king, Thamus. This interchange is alluded to in many discussions of the development of literacy, as well as of education and information technology (cf. Ong, 1981; Postman, 1991;; nevertheless, it is worth repeating a portion here. Says the sceptical king to the enthusiastic inventor,
It has often been observed that Alice Munro is a master of narrative complexity. "The love of a g... more It has often been observed that Alice Munro is a master of narrative complexity. "The love of a good woman", in particular, is a story that challenges conventional notions of structure in short fiction through digression or deferral, discontinuity, layering, and so on. rightly observes that conventional theories of reading fail to get at the process involved in achieving successful "apprenticeship" with Munro's short fiction. This paper explores the intricacies of Munro's creative craft as exemplified in "The love of a good woman" and proposes an approach to facilitating students' engagement with complex narratives. Through creative writing in a computer-based "wiki" environment, it is argued, we encourage students to undertake the project of "layering" narrative and of establishing and interrogating complex narrative relations. This creative exercise, in turn, may facilitate their understanding of short fiction such as Munro's.
This paper considers how two related textsone in print and one in hypertextare locations for ad... more This paper considers how two related textsone in print and one in hypertextare locations for adolescents to undertake the work of 'literary anthropology' in considering questions of gender and subjectivity. The first text is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which invites readers to ...
Cet article a été traduit par J.-F. Delannoy et paraîtra sous peu, en version anglaise, dans Digi... more Cet article a été traduit par J.-F. Delannoy et paraîtra sous peu, en version anglaise, dans Digital Studies / Le champ Numérique.
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ABSTRACT YouTube is one of the largest databases in the world, providing informative and entertai... more ABSTRACT YouTube is one of the largest databases in the world, providing informative and entertaining video to millions of users around the globe. It is also becoming an important source of homework assistance to young people as they supplement their learning practices with user-generated tutorials on a range of topics. This poster presents our ongoing work in this emerging area of information literacy: how young people make meaning with information sources on YouTube to support their academic needs. We describe our system for analyzing user-generated feedback on video channels that support students academically, and report preliminary findings of our ongoing analysis. Drawing on several complementary frameworks, including information sharing, help seeking, and dialogic inquiry, we suggest that comments posted to YouTube provide unique insights into the ways young people engage with and make meaning from user-generated video to support their learning. This work has implications for educators, librarians, and the designers of interactive learning technologies.
In this article, we provide a discussion of the concept of visual interactive workflows, how they... more In this article, we provide a discussion of the concept of visual interactive workflows, how they relate to our previous work on structured surfaces, and how they have been adapted to experiments in managing articles for journal publication and managing biographical histories being written and tagged in XML. We conclude with a user experience study of the prototypes, which suggests that they are relatively acceptable at the level of reflective response, but might benefit from more iteration in their use of process and element metaphors.
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in b... more The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.
Hypertext has been promoted as a vehicle that will change literary reading, especially through it... more Hypertext has been promoted as a vehicle that will change literary reading, especially through its recovery of images, supposed to be suppressed by print, and through the choice offered to the reader by links. Evidence from empirical studies of reading, however, suggests that ...
Electronic literature (e-literature) is a computer-based genre that merges literary arts with mul... more Electronic literature (e-literature) is a computer-based genre that merges literary arts with multimedia design. Some features of e-literature include multiple modes of representation (eg, sound, image, text), multiple narrative paths, and lack of closure. The genre began ...
Statements such as this, however, most certainly represent a limited understanding of what consti... more Statements such as this, however, most certainly represent a limited understanding of what constitutes "information technology." A broader perspective would concede that writing itself is the fundamental information and communication technology underpinning any literate culture. As Ong (1982, p. 81) observes, people in early literate cultures thought of writing "as an external, alien technology, as many people today think of the computer." Plato, for example, deliberated over its benefits and drawbacks in the Phaedrus in the 4th Century BCE, just as we now deliberate over how the computer will change education, communications, and so on. Plato casts his reflection on the subject as a dialogue between the inventor of letters, Theuth, and an Egyptian king, Thamus. This interchange is alluded to in many discussions of the development of literacy, as well as of education and information technology (cf. Ong, 1981; Postman, 1991;; nevertheless, it is worth repeating a portion here. Says the sceptical king to the enthusiastic inventor,
It has often been observed that Alice Munro is a master of narrative complexity. "The love of a g... more It has often been observed that Alice Munro is a master of narrative complexity. "The love of a good woman", in particular, is a story that challenges conventional notions of structure in short fiction through digression or deferral, discontinuity, layering, and so on. rightly observes that conventional theories of reading fail to get at the process involved in achieving successful "apprenticeship" with Munro's short fiction. This paper explores the intricacies of Munro's creative craft as exemplified in "The love of a good woman" and proposes an approach to facilitating students' engagement with complex narratives. Through creative writing in a computer-based "wiki" environment, it is argued, we encourage students to undertake the project of "layering" narrative and of establishing and interrogating complex narrative relations. This creative exercise, in turn, may facilitate their understanding of short fiction such as Munro's.
This paper considers how two related textsone in print and one in hypertextare locations for ad... more This paper considers how two related textsone in print and one in hypertextare locations for adolescents to undertake the work of 'literary anthropology' in considering questions of gender and subjectivity. The first text is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which invites readers to ...
Cet article a été traduit par J.-F. Delannoy et paraîtra sous peu, en version anglaise, dans Digi... more Cet article a été traduit par J.-F. Delannoy et paraîtra sous peu, en version anglaise, dans Digital Studies / Le champ Numérique.
Proceedings of the 2011 iConference on - iConference '11, 2011
ABSTRACT YouTube is one of the largest databases in the world, providing informative and entertai... more ABSTRACT YouTube is one of the largest databases in the world, providing informative and entertaining video to millions of users around the globe. It is also becoming an important source of homework assistance to young people as they supplement their learning practices with user-generated tutorials on a range of topics. This poster presents our ongoing work in this emerging area of information literacy: how young people make meaning with information sources on YouTube to support their academic needs. We describe our system for analyzing user-generated feedback on video channels that support students academically, and report preliminary findings of our ongoing analysis. Drawing on several complementary frameworks, including information sharing, help seeking, and dialogic inquiry, we suggest that comments posted to YouTube provide unique insights into the ways young people engage with and make meaning from user-generated video to support their learning. This work has implications for educators, librarians, and the designers of interactive learning technologies.
In this article, we provide a discussion of the concept of visual interactive workflows, how they... more In this article, we provide a discussion of the concept of visual interactive workflows, how they relate to our previous work on structured surfaces, and how they have been adapted to experiments in managing articles for journal publication and managing biographical histories being written and tagged in XML. We conclude with a user experience study of the prototypes, which suggests that they are relatively acceptable at the level of reflective response, but might benefit from more iteration in their use of process and element metaphors.
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in b... more The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.
Hypertext has been promoted as a vehicle that will change literary reading, especially through it... more Hypertext has been promoted as a vehicle that will change literary reading, especially through its recovery of images, supposed to be suppressed by print, and through the choice offered to the reader by links. Evidence from empirical studies of reading, however, suggests that ...
Electronic literature (e-literature) is a computer-based genre that merges literary arts with mul... more Electronic literature (e-literature) is a computer-based genre that merges literary arts with multimedia design. Some features of e-literature include multiple modes of representation (eg, sound, image, text), multiple narrative paths, and lack of closure. The genre began ...
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