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Emerging Media & Learning Technology in Higher Education

An overview of different tools and trends in emerging media and learning technologies as related to teaching and learning in higher education.

Digital Media & Emerging Literacies: A New Landscape of Learning

This guide provides an overview of different tools and trends in digital media and technologies as related to teaching and learning in higher education. These resources include research on how computers and the Internet mediate learning, pedagogical strategies for integrating technology in different types of courses, as well as overviews of the potential uses for different tools and the different learning activities that they can support.

To get started, we recommend that you view the videos below, then review other guide contents as needed. For more information about this topic or to schedule a consultation at the CTL Studio, contact the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL@otterbein.edu | 614-823-1065).

Learning & Technology: The Machine is Us/ing Us (Video)

Video by Michael Wesch, associate professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. For more information, visit mediatedcultures.net.

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A Point of Discussion

This article from the Wired Campus, a blog published in the Chronicle of Higher Education Web site covers survey data published by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. The claim itself, and the many reasons behind their results, are not without controversy - what do you think?