The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course
Abstract: Narrative has long been used as an educational tool. This article explains how narrative, in the form of popular accounts, has been used to provide context, structure and broad appeal to a large-scale, entry-level university course on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This co...
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Ubiquity Press
2000-08-01
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| description | Abstract: Narrative has long been used as an educational tool. This article explains how narrative, in the form of popular accounts, has been used to provide context, structure and broad appeal to a large-scale, entry-level university course on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This course is delivered via the web with online tuition. Students' responses to the use of narrative and the scope of the material has been encouraging. It is argued that narrative performs an enculturation function that is often under-utilised in ICT education.
Editors: Tamara Sumner (U. Colorado, USA).Reviewers: Noriko Hara (Indiana U., USA), Michele Jackson (U. Colorado, USA), Clara Mancini (The Open U., UK). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b891f4d2cb5435ab8f0db91f44e9ad92022-12-22T03:16:10ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Interactive Media in Education1365-893X2000-08-012000110.5334/2000-126The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing CourseMartin J. Weller0Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AAAbstract: Narrative has long been used as an educational tool. This article explains how narrative, in the form of popular accounts, has been used to provide context, structure and broad appeal to a large-scale, entry-level university course on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This course is delivered via the web with online tuition. Students' responses to the use of narrative and the scope of the material has been encouraging. It is argued that narrative performs an enculturation function that is often under-utilised in ICT education. Editors: Tamara Sumner (U. Colorado, USA).Reviewers: Noriko Hara (Indiana U., USA), Michele Jackson (U. Colorado, USA), Clara Mancini (The Open U., UK).https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/30Distance educationeducation and narrativeenculturationweb-based courses |
| spellingShingle | Martin J. Weller The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course Journal of Interactive Media in Education Distance education education and narrative enculturation web-based courses |
| title | The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course |
| title_full | The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course |
| title_short | The Use of Narrative to Provide a Cohesive Structure for a Web Based Computing Course |
| title_sort | use of narrative to provide a cohesive structure for a web based computing course |
| topic | Distance education education and narrative enculturation web-based courses |
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