The article Talking about visual texts with students by J. Callow (2003) claims that visual literacy is part of the new literacies and in describing it, a type of metalanguage…
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The article Communicating in Synchronous Text-Based Virtual Communities by L.D. Roberts, L.M. Smith and C.M. Pollock, published in “Communicating in Synchronous Text-Based Virtual Communities” (Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies…
Activity on p. 92 from Pragmatics and Discouse by Joan Cutting. a) Direct directive speech acts: – spoken by others Context: ‘teacher enters the classroom’ – one student…
In “Defining new literacies in curricular practice” by Ladislaus M. Semali (Reading online, vol. 5, no. 4), the author debates the importance of having a definition of “new literacies” in…
The article Facilitating Asynchronous Discussion (Bedard-Voorthees, A. “ Facilitating Asynchronous Discussion,” Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, vol. 2 (2005): 912-917) presents techniques of how online instructors can facilitate meaningful asynchronous discussions….
Terminology: asynchronous, synchronous, holistic education, higher and lower thinking skills The Encarta Dictionary gives the following definition for asynchronous: “occurrence at different times: the occurrence of two or more processes…
The article Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Interactions (Kung-Ming, T.; Khoon-Seng, S. “Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Interaction.” Encyclopedia of Distance Learning Vol. 1(2000): 104-113) presents the advantages of asynchronous and synchronous interactions in…
Introductory statement Academic writing has traditionally been thought of as a kind of impersonal, faceless discourse. However, recent research has suggested that there is room for negotiation of identity within…
