Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Some of the theory behind today's session...


   LITERACY: traditionally and simply, the idea that one can read and write (text). Now, technology has transformed this ( how we read and write websites for example ), alongside the range of alternatives to text in information and meaning making available to us.
       • If mono-modal implies a form of communication – e.g. text/words, where representation is sequential, then...Multi modality is what we can create/find in e learning: image, icon, text, soundfiles, modelling software etc, which does not need to be sequential....it can be re-framed
   SOCIAL SEMIOTICS – signs in their social environment or setting : the theory behind multi-modality, insofar as it “allows the choosing of any modes in any combination to convey meaning
References:
Andrews, R (2011) Does E learning require a new theory of learning? Journal for Educational Research Online vol 3:1, pp104-121
Haythornethwaite, C & Andrews, R (2011) E – Learning theory & Practice, London, Sage

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