Summary: Bayne (2015) scrutinises the term “technology enhanced learning” (TEL) using three frameworks. “Technology” is unpacked using insights from science and technology studies. “Enhancement” is examined from a critical posthumanist position instead of a transhumanist one. “Learning” is subjected to critique with the use of Biesta’s (2005) work on “learnification”. Essentially, Bayne argues that the […]

Owston et. al. (2011) examined the effects lecture captures (i.e. recordings) on the grades of 439 undergraduate freshmen. The authors’ reported higher achieving students tend to view lecture captures less frequently and comprehensively than lower achieving students. Based on these findings, they suggest that lecture recordings “may benefit” low achievers more (Owston et al., 2011: […]

Stream of consciousness alert! I thought I’d make use of this blog post to consolidate what I’ve learnt in weeks 1 and 2 and the feedback from Huw. I believe the concepts I cover in this blog post will give me a better understanding of Sian’s (2015) article, which I’ve skimmed. Observations I thought I’d […]

  The authors admit that essentialism and instrumentalism are not theories of technology but “general orientations that typify many discourses on technology”. Hence, I will take the opportunity to use this post to check my understanding of the article and key concepts presented. Hamilton and Friesen (2013) highlight the overreliance of the philosophical approaches of […]

I am on the fence with this point of the manifesto (Bayne, 2020). I can see the advantages and limitations of both the physical campus and online learning. My indecision led me to decide to use this blog post to chronicle my thought process and research on this topic. This is my attempt to use […]

  In summary, to me, this point of the manifesto highlights the need for teachers to be flexible in their pedagogical approach and selection of tools, and to continually think and re-think our teaching methods to be more student-centric. Reading this point of the manifesto brought to mind the above picture (image 1) that was […]

  No, for educators the discussion about “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” should not be completely abandoned. It should be reworked, because historically, any reductive attempt to dichotomize will almost inevitably lead to new discourses and discoveries. In his controversial article, Prensky (2001) used terms, such as “native speakers”, “digital language” and “accent”, that are […]

Currently, I am a lecturer at Nanyang Technological university teaching communications courses. I started teaching here in 2018 as a part-timer and only got converted to a faculty member last month. Previously, I taught semantics and pragmatics as well as language and literacy at Singapore University of Social Sciences for about two years. I started […]

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