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The Imponderable Bloom: A Multimodal Social Semiotic Analysis of an Online Secondary English Course.

Authors :
Lynch, Tom Liam
Source :
Changing English: Studies in Culture & Education. Jan2014, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p42-52. 11p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The use of online learning and other software-powered technologies is on the rise in the United States, encouraged financially and politically by governmental and commercial entities. Specifically, online courses are gaining ground in K–12 public schools, schools which often purchase from third-party providers. After a decade in the New York City Department of Education as an English teacher and schools official responsible for a large-scale online learning programme, the author asks the question: How does the use of software-powered technologies like online learning affect the teaching of literature? In pursuit of this question, the author draws on concept from the field of software studies while adapting qualitative methods from multimodal studies to examine precisely how the nature of software (and the ideologies of those who create and sell it) are subtly influencing the teaching of literature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1358684X
Volume :
21
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Changing English: Studies in Culture & Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
94573501
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2013.875748