Title :
Information technologies and instructional design in technical communication: a redefinition
Author :
Coppola, Nancy W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Humanities & Social Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
How can we harness the power of computerized pedagogy without valorising technology for technology´s sake? How can we capitalize on computers and the Internet to continue moving distance learning out of the realm of correspondence courses? The answer lies in redefining technical communication´s relationship to information technologies and instructional design using the social construction model as tool. Our instructional theory should follow a model of effective technical communication embedded in social structures, and our teaching practices should provide for socially constructed learning environments. The paper describes the information transfer and the social construction models and identifies the attributes of social learning perspectives. It then shows how these attributes are demonstrated in various computer mediated settings at one university
Keywords :
Internet; educational technology; social aspects of automation; teaching; technology transfer; Internet; computer mediated settings; computerized pedagogy; correspondence courses; distance learning; information technologies; information transfer; instructional design; instructional theory; social construction model; social construction models; social learning perspectives; social structures; socially constructed learning environments; teaching practices; technical communication; university; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Documentation; Education; Information technology; Internet; Professional communication; Psychology; Robustness; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1998. IPCC 98. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4890-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1998.722106
