Digital Pedagogy: History, Theory and Practice

In this course, students will examine the economic, social, and intellectual history ofthe design and use of technology in general and of interactive media in particular. The course will also focus on the mutual shaping of technology and academic teaching, learning and research—how people and ideas have shaped these (largely) classroom and academic research interactions in the past, and how we are now transforming them in the present. By examining the use and design of technologies inside and outside of the university, students will reflect on what it means to be human in a world increasingly dominated and controlled by various technologies. The course also explores the history and theory of digital media, including hypertext and multimedia, highlighting the theoretical and practical possibilities for research, reading, writing, presentation, interaction, and play. Students will be encouraged to explore the possibilities that new, nonlinear, digital tools have opened up for teaching and research, including the emergence of the new field of digital humanities.

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