Literacy Development in Network-Based Classrooms: Innovation and Realizations

Bruce, Bertram C.; Peyton, Joy Kreeft

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Title

Literacy Development in Network-Based Classrooms: Innovation and Realizations

Author(s)

• Bruce, Bertram C.
• Peyton, Joy Kreeft

Issue Date

1999-12

Keyword(s)

• Literacy
• Local area network
• Synchronous
• Network-based classroom
• Higher education

Abstract

Electronic communication networks are in wide use for college-level language and writing instruction and are being adopted for use in elementary and secondary school classes. Teachers use network-based approaches to literacy instruction to support authentic reading and writing, collaboration, student-centered learning, writing across the curriculum, and the creation of classroom writing communities. A case study of network-based college classrooms identified great diversity in the ways these goals were realized. Nevertheless, common factors shaped all of the implementations: institutional goals, practices, and gateposts; theories, personalities, and established practices of teachers; student characteristics and expectations; features of the technology; and available resources. These factors suggest that like any innovation, the introduction of computer technology to promote interaction and learning in educational settings is a complex process that cannot be divorced from the users or the setting. This complexity needs to be understood so that perceptions of and expectations regarding the value of the innovation are neither idealized nor superficial.

ISSN

1327-7308

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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