Learning Through Digital Media
by R. Trebor Scholz (ed.)
Publisher: Institute for Distributed Creativity 2011
ISBN-13: 9780615451480
Number of pages: 340
Description:
The simple yet far-reaching ambition of this collection is to discover how to use digital media for learning on campus and off. It offers a rich selection of methodologies, social practices, and hands-on assignments by leading educators who acknowledge the opportunities created by the confluence of mobile technologies, the World Wide Web, film, video games, TV, comics, and software while also acknowledging recurring challenges.
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