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Rowing Alone: Technology and Democracy in the Humanities Classroom
By Paul Schacht.
Published by The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society
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American colleges and universities are engaged in a renewed effort to educate students for democratic citizenship. Faculty in the humanities have both a cultural and a professional interest in being part of this effort,
and the digital revolution has enhanced their ability to do so. Social computing can foster civic pedagogies - learning practices that develop skills of democratic participation - and digital technology has spawned civic issues, such as the purpose of copyright, that cannot be fully analyzed without
the concepts and vocabulary of the humanities. But to take advantage of the new pedagogical opportunities offered by technology, and to lead intelligent discussion of the new issues raised by it, humanists must overcome their present
digital illiteracy.
| Keywords: | Civic Engagement, Digital Technology, Social Computing, Wiki, Collaborative Learning, Democracy, Community, Pedagogy, Literature, Copyright, Culture |
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The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.61-68. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 560.494KB).
Dr. Paul Schacht
Associate Professor, English, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, USA