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=LIS 680 Instructional Technologies= =Spring 2011=

Professor Jessica Hochman

 * __Course Description__**
 * Description**


 * //From the bulletin://** Covers the selection and use of technology, software, and other media—including instructional and assistive technologies—as they are used to acquire information to communicate, teach and learn. The role of information professionals as leaders in innovative uses of technologies is emphasized.


 * //Detailed Description://** Libraries are filled with technology, some that we appoint as technologies of teaching and learning, and some that might be merely part of the landscape. Throughout this course, we will not only problematize what makes technologies ‘instructional,’ but also critically examine the spaces that these technologies create within learning communities such as libraries and other informal spaces. Throughout this course, we will challenge the generally accepted criteria that define educational technologies as those that are posited specifically as teaching tools and investigate whether and how everyday technologies can be educational.


 * __Course Texts__**
 * Required books:**

Auster, Paul (1990). “City of Glass//” in The New York Trilogy. New York: Penguin Books.//

Auster, P. Karasik, P., Mazzuchelli, D., Speigelman, A. (2004) //City of Glass: The Graphic Novel. New York: Picador/Henry Holt.//

Jenkins, Henry (2008). Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. NYU Press; Revised edition.

McCloud, S. (2005). //Understanding comics: The invisible art//. New York: HarperPerennial.

Postman, Neil (2005). Amusing ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the age of Show Business. Penguin (Non-Classics); 20 Anniv. Edition

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