{"id":420,"date":"2015-01-02T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/chapter\/activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative\/"},"modified":"2019-10-03T17:08:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T21:08:06","slug":"activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/chapter\/activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.5 Broadcast or communicative","rendered":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.5 Broadcast or communicative"},"content":{"raw":"From the list below:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>a learning management system<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a blog<\/li>\r\n \t<li>online collaborative learning<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Twitter<\/li>\r\n \t<li>virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a podcast<\/li>\r\n \t<li>an open textbook<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>1. Determine\u00a0which is a medium and which a technology, or which could be both, and under what conditions.<\/strong>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0learning management system<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0either: technology as software, medium when used for course delivery<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0blog<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0medium (WordPress or other blog software is the\u00a0technology)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0online collaborative learning<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0Twitter<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0either, but mainly a medium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0Virtual worlds<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0podcast<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0open textbook<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<strong>2. Decide where, from your experience, each medium or technology should be placed on Figure 6.4.3.\u00a0Write down why.<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tlpduserguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2.jpg\" alt=\"Activity broadcast 2\" width=\"688\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-419\" \/><\/a><strong>3. Which were easy to categorize and which difficult?<\/strong><\/p>\r\nDifficult:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>online collaborative learning, because it is highly communicative but the teacher has a good deal of control over the medium<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Twitter, because it is definitely under the control of the learner, but it is also as much a broadcast as a communicative medium.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWith both these, I\u00a0gave more importance to\u00a0the broadcast\/communicative dimension\u00a0compared with the control dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>4. How useful?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nUnderstanding where different media are likely to fit on the broadcast\/communicative dimension will help in choosing media, depending on my epistemological position. If I want a high level of student activity and interaction I would tend toward more communicative media. If I am more concerned with information transmission and comprehension, I would tend to use more broadcast media. However, in most cases I would want a mix of both. Knowing where each medium 'fits' on this dimension is one component I could use in my decision-making.","rendered":"<p>From the list below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a learning management system<\/li>\n<li>a blog<\/li>\n<li>online collaborative learning<\/li>\n<li>Twitter<\/li>\n<li>virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life)<\/li>\n<li>a podcast<\/li>\n<li>an open textbook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1. Determine\u00a0which is a medium and which a technology, or which could be both, and under what conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0learning management system<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either: technology as software, medium when used for course delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0blog<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium (WordPress or other blog software is the\u00a0technology)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0online collaborative learning<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Twitter<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either, but mainly a medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Virtual worlds<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0podcast<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0open textbook<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>2. Decide where, from your experience, each medium or technology should be placed on Figure 6.4.3.\u00a0Write down why.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tlpduserguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2.jpg\" alt=\"Activity broadcast 2\" width=\"688\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2.jpg 688w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2-65x40.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2-225x137.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2015\/01\/Activity-broadcast-2-350x214.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><strong>3. Which were easy to categorize and which difficult?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Difficult:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>online collaborative learning, because it is highly communicative but the teacher has a good deal of control over the medium<\/li>\n<li>Twitter, because it is definitely under the control of the learner, but it is also as much a broadcast as a communicative medium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With both these, I\u00a0gave more importance to\u00a0the broadcast\/communicative dimension\u00a0compared with the control dimension.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. How useful?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Understanding where different media are likely to fit on the broadcast\/communicative dimension will help in choosing media, depending on my epistemological position. If I want a high level of student activity and interaction I would tend toward more communicative media. If I am more concerned with information transmission and comprehension, I would tend to use more broadcast media. However, in most cases I would want a mix of both. 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