Lester, J.N. & Paulus, T.M. (2011).
Accountability and public displays of
knowing in an undergraduate
computer-mediated communication
context. Discourse Studies, 1-16.
Paulus, T. & Lester, J.N. (2012). Making learning ordinary: ways undergraduates display learning in a CMC task. Text & Talk 33(1), 53-70.
Paulus, T. & Lester, J.N. (2012). Making learning ordinary: ways undergraduates display learning in a CMC task. Text & Talk 33(1), 53-70.
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Paulus & Lester's (2012) work is a continuation of the 2011 article on CMC (Computer-mediated communication) in Dr. Smith's nutrition course. In this study, the students were asked to write a blog after a lecture on dietary supplements. Their writing prompt was "What did you learn or how did your understandings change?" (p.59). The authors found three ways that students oriented themselves to learning in this situation: an extreme state, a neutral state, and no learning.
As I'm reading work by Lester and/or Paulus, I understand DP and DA better than at any other point in my studies. (So thank you.) It is a little strange writing a blog about my learning on an article about how students negotiate learning within blogs. I would say that to this point I have used a neutral state to assess my learning by reporting the news. But now, with the addition of the last two sentences, the blog has become reflexive.
For a full review of Lester & Paulus (2011) from July 22nd, click here.
Paulus & Lester's (2012) work is a continuation of the 2011 article on CMC (Computer-mediated communication) in Dr. Smith's nutrition course. In this study, the students were asked to write a blog after a lecture on dietary supplements. Their writing prompt was "What did you learn or how did your understandings change?" (p.59). The authors found three ways that students oriented themselves to learning in this situation: an extreme state, a neutral state, and no learning.
As I'm reading work by Lester and/or Paulus, I understand DP and DA better than at any other point in my studies. (So thank you.) It is a little strange writing a blog about my learning on an article about how students negotiate learning within blogs. I would say that to this point I have used a neutral state to assess my learning by reporting the news. But now, with the addition of the last two sentences, the blog has become reflexive.
It's no problem to have linked to your previous blog post on the article you already read this past summer. But I was also thinking about how when you re-read an article you never really see it in the same light - because you know more and are different the next time, so it would be interesting to hear more about how the article struck you differently this time around : )
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