Digital Knowledge Mapping as an Instructional Strategy to Promote Visual Literacy: A Case Study

2015 ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Darryl C. Draper
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Visual Literacy ◽  
Knowledge Mapping ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Digital Knowledge Mapping in Educational Contexts

2013 ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Hanewald ◽  
Dirk Ifenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Mapping ◽  
Digital Knowledge

‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Milivojevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Memory ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Political Borders ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
Transit Routes

Technology challenges social, economic and political borders. This article analyses the role smartphones and social media play in constructing social memory (and consciousness) of bordering practices, examining predominant accounts of migration, de-securitizing and re-humanizing mobility and attaining freedom of movement. Using the case study of the Western Balkans as one of the main transit routes in Europe and building on Stefania Milan’s ‘stealing the fire’ theory, this article investigates transformation of borders from below, as migrants reclaim technology to enable safe passage and create counter-narratives of migration. They do so by contributing to the ‘digital knowledge commons’—a collaborative body of knowledge that can shift restrictive migration policies. The article highlights the importance of studying the technology–mobility nexus, and greater theoretical engagement vis-à-vis the use of technology as a tool for social change, as migration continues to play a pivotal role in political and public debates across the globe.

Visual Literacy and Young Learners

2020 ◽  
pp. 190-208
Author(s):  
Hilde Tørnby
Keyword(s):  
Visual Literacy ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Visual Texts ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Distinct Sense ◽  
Visual Text ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Grade Classroom

This chapter explores visual literacy from theoretical and practical perspectives. Ideas of what is meant by visual literacy and why this is important are presented through a selection of studies. The impact that visual literacy may have on students' learning and development is further elaborated. A case study from a Norwegian first-grade classroom is included to shed light on the ways in which visual work in the classroom can be implemented. In addition, exemplars of students' written verbal and visual texts are thoroughly examined. A tendency in the material is that the illustrations are detailed and elaborate, and carry a distinct sense of the written text. Hence, the visual text may be understood as the more important text and may be vital in a child's literacy development.

scholarly journals Building infrastructure in the digital age: case study of the Isis Bibliography of History of Science, 2002-2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Weldon
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Knowledge Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Resource ◽  
History Of ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
Knowledge Ecology

The IsisCB Explore went online in 2015 as a foundational digital resource for historians of science. Built on the History of Science Society’s 100-year-old Isis Bibliography of the History of Science, this service is meant to lay the groundwork for a digital infrastructure to support historical work in the relatively new digital environment where so much modern scholarship now takes place. In order to create this resource, the director of the project, Stephen Weldon, has learned how to shape traditional historical methods, practices, and resources to fit the new digital paradigm. Computer and networking technologies have been built out of the needs and practices of technologists, natural scientists, and business innovators, all of whom employ it in very specific ways, quite different from the practices of humanistic scholarship, and history in particular. As a result, the digital environment is not especially friendly to historical work or products. As a result, it has taken a great deal of effort to understand and refactor historical data so that it functions well within a digital knowledge ecology, a “knowledge infrastructure,” as Christine Borgman refers to it. This paper describes the difficulties (epistemological, cultural, and economic) that make the creation of tools like the IsisCB Explore service challenging for historians and suggests some ways forward.

scholarly journals Fair trade in building digital knowledge repositories: the knowledge economy as if researchers mattered

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni De Grandis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Abstract Both a significant body of literature and the case study presented here show that digital knowledge repositories struggle to attract the needed level of data and knowledge contribution that they need to be successful. This happens also to high profile and prestigious initiatives. The paper argues that the reluctance of researchers to contribute can only be understood in light of the highly competitive context in which research careers need to be built nowadays and how this affects researchers’ quality of life. Competition and managerialism limit the discretion of researchers in sharing their results and in donating their working time. A growing corpus of research shows that academic researchers are increasingly overworked and highly stressed. This corroborates the point that the room for undertaking additional tasks with future and uncertain benefits is very limited. The paper thus recommends that promoters of digital knowledge repositories focus on the needs of the researchers who are expected to contribute their knowledge. In order to treat them fairly and to ensure the success of the repositories, knowledge sharing needs to be rewarded so as to improve the working conditions of contributors. In order to help implementing this researcher-centred approach, the paper proposes the idea of expediential trust: rewards for contributing should be such that rational, self-interested researchers would freely decide to contribute their knowledge and effort trusting that this would make them better off.

Digital Knowledge Ecosystem for Achieving Sustainable Agriculture Production: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athula Ginige ◽  
Anusha I. Walisadeera ◽  
Tamara Ginige ◽  
Lasanthi De Silva ◽  
Pasquale Di Giovanni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Digital Knowledge

scholarly journals COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERVENTION (CAI) TO ENHANCE MATHEMATICAL LEARNING OF AUTISTIC STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY IN MELAKA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-203
Author(s):  
Pramudya G. ◽  
Sedek M. ◽  
Shahbodin F. ◽  
Amran A.C. ◽  
Ruslan S.N.A.
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Model ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Prerequisite Skills ◽  
Study Participants

Purpose of the study: To evaluate the efficacy of a CAI called MathTutor in helping autistic students to learn addition in mathematics. Methodology: A pre-post-test experimental model was employed in the study. The study participants included three autistic male students who possessed all the prerequisite skills. Main findings and novelty: The study participants were found to have been benefitted which indicates that MathTutor improves their learning abilities as an effective instructional strategy. The use of CAI enabled the participants to memorise their lessons and actively take part during the entire lesson. Applications of this study: The study is beneficial for people involved in caring for autistic students with the help of computer assisted application. This will ease the burden of the carer takers of autistic children in dealing with their conditions while at the same enabling them to navigate the world.

A Reconstructed Conception of Learner Engagement in Technology Rich Online Learning Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-49
Author(s):  
Henry Gillow-Wiles ◽  
Margaret L. Niess
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Learner Engagement ◽  
Education Professional Development ◽  
Reconstructed Model

Teaching and learning in a technology rich digital context challenge established thinking about student engagement in their learning. This chapter presents a reconstructed conception of learner engagement for online environments consisting of: engagement with community; engagement with technology; engagement with mathematics content; and an amalgam of all three. This descriptive, cross-case study combines current literature with the authors' past research to develop characterizations of these components of online learner engagement. This reconstructed model of learner engagement is the focus of the study, providing: 1) a vocabulary for developing a narrative describing how teachers as students think and learn with technology in an online environment and 2) a framework for mathematics teacher education professional development. Results indicate that this model supports teacher educators in both describing and evaluating how teachers as learners engage in a unit of instruction, and framing the course design and instructional strategy choices that support learner engagement.

Leveraging digital knowledge ecosystem framework implementation: Case study: Aligning knowledge management and innovation goals for agricultural aerial pest control

2019 ◽  
pp. 1950001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane C. Gattaz ◽  
Roberto C. Bernardes ◽  
Paulo E. Cruvinel
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
And Control

This paper proposes a new methodology based on action research for the implementation of a business, system and technology model to assist and facilitate the collaborative use of resources and expertise, as well as to adjust one task force based on knowledge sharing and management. A case study is presented to illustrate the results of implementing the Digital Knowledge Ecosystem framework in a research and development (R&D) network of aerial application of pesticides for pest control, using the action research approach. Results include the properties of self-management, open innovation, self-organization of the institutionally linked groups and the adaptation of a new tool for collaboration, which can improve competitiveness. Its relevance may be measured by its benefits of capturing the sharing dynamics, processing and propagating information within the networks, allowing cooperation between organizations and measuring collective intelligence action and learning, as well as promoting survival such as minimum interaction rules, individual autonomy and organizational structure demand flexibility. Such arrangement proved to allow nonlinear methods replacing attempts at objectivity, linear thought and control, and the design of risks in social computing system. The conclusions showed the opportunity to apply such model to other sectors related to agriculture and innovation and observe the challenge regarding the managerial indicators for future command and control of existing R&D network knowledge management operations for future research.

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