Underskog

Seksjon for humanistisk informatikk ved Universitetet i Bergen
inviterer til
gjesteforelesning med Barbara Ganley fra Middlebury College, USA.

Aud N, Sydneshaugen skole

Blogging, wiki-creation, podcasting, video-sharing and other Web 2.0 practices are making their way into even traditional undergraduate classrooms, often as a quick, convenient new way to do the same old things: the instructor disseminates information to students and students present their learning back to the teacher. But what happens when blogs and other social software are integrated into the core of a course as a means for teachers and learners, together, in what cybertheorist Pierre Levy calls reciprocal apprenticeships, to explore creative thinking, collaboration and communication in their discipline across media and audiences? What happens to traditional classroom dynamics? To a teacher’s understanding of what she ought to be teaching and how? In this talk, Barbara Ganley, a Lecturer in the Writing Program and English Department at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, will share six years of teaching with blogs, looking closely at repercussions on teacher and learner within an active learning community, on learning outcomes and on assessment.

Barbara Ganley is a Lecturer in the Writing Program and English at Middlebury College, and an active implementer of new media and social software into literature and writing classrooms. Her special interests include digital storytelling as a means of academic discourse and integrated web technologies as a vehicle for expression, community-building, and student-centered learning.

Bloggen til Barbara Ganley: mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs…