Disruptive Technologies and the Language Classroom: A Complex Systems Theory Approach - Couverture rigide

Hampel, Regine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030313670 ISBN 13 : 9783030313678

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

Although new technologies are embedded in students' lives today, there is often an assumption that their use is transparent, inconsequential, or a distraction. This book combines complex systems theory with sociocultural theory and the multimodal theory of communication, providing an innovative theoretical framework to examine how communication and meaning-making in the language classroom have developed over time, how technology impacts on meaning-making, and what the implications are for learners, teachers, institutions and policy makers. Recent studies provide evidence for the disruptive effect of technology which has resulted in a phase shift that is reshaping language education by creating new interaction patterns, allowing for multimodal communication, and introducing real-world communication into the classroom. The book proposes ways of responding to this shift before concluding that the new technologies are radically transforming the way we learn. It is likely to appeal to arange of readers, including students, academics, teachers and policy-makers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Regine Hampel is Professor of Open and Distance Language Learning at the Open University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030313670
• ISBN 13: 9783030313678
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 173
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