{"id":497,"date":"2015-01-02T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:54","slug":"activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/activity-8-4-broadcast-or-communicative\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.5 Broadcast or interactive communications","rendered":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.5 Broadcast or interactive communications"},"content":{"raw":"From the list below:\n<ul>\n \t<li>a learning management system<\/li>\n \t<li>a blog<\/li>\n \t<li>online collaborative learning<\/li>\n \t<li>Twitter<\/li>\n \t<li>virtual worlds<\/li>\n \t<li>a podcast<\/li>\n \t<li>an open textbook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>1. Determine\u00a0which is a medium and which a technology, or which could be both, and under what conditions.<\/strong>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0learning management system<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either: technology as software, medium when used for course delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0blog<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium (WordPress or other blog software is the\u00a0technology)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0online collaborative learning<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Twitter<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either, but mainly a medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Virtual worlds<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0podcast<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0open textbook<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<strong>2. Decide where, from your experience, each medium or technology should be placed on Figure 7.5.3. Write down why.<\/strong>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-496 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>3. Which were easy to categorize and which difficult?<\/strong><\/p>\nDifficult:\n<ul>\n \t<li>online collaborative learning, because it is highly communicative but the teacher has a good deal of control over the medium<\/li>\n \t<li>Twitter, because it is definitely under the control of the user <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">and is a one-to-many medium, but it is also as much an interactive medium as a broadcast medium<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">virtual worlds, because the overall design cannot be changed (broadcast) but users are very interactive with the learning environment<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">blogs can be used both by an instructor or by a learner. Comments can be made to blog posts by others than the author, but only the author can change the blog post itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>4. How useful?<\/strong>\n\nUnderstanding where different media are likely to fit on the broadcast\/<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">interactive communications<\/span> dimension will help in choosing media, depending on my epistemological position. If I want a high level of student activity and interaction I would tend toward more <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">interactive communications<\/span> media. If I am more concerned with information transmission and comprehension, I would tend to use more broadcast media. However, in most cases I would want a mix of both. Knowing where each medium 'fits' on this dimension is one component I could use in my decision-making.","rendered":"<p>From the list below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a learning management system<\/li>\n<li>a blog<\/li>\n<li>online collaborative learning<\/li>\n<li>Twitter<\/li>\n<li>virtual worlds<\/li>\n<li>a podcast<\/li>\n<li>an open textbook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1. Determine\u00a0which is a medium and which a technology, or which could be both, and under what conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0learning management system<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either: technology as software, medium when used for course delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0blog<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium (WordPress or other blog software is the\u00a0technology)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0online collaborative learning<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Twitter<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0either, but mainly a medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Virtual worlds<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0podcast<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0open textbook<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>2. Decide where, from your experience, each medium or technology should be placed on Figure 7.5.3. Write down why.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-496 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-65x48.png 65w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-225x167.png 225w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction-350x259.png 350w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/01\/Continuum-of-broadcastinteraction.png 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>3. Which were easy to categorize and which difficult?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Difficult:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>online collaborative learning, because it is highly communicative but the teacher has a good deal of control over the medium<\/li>\n<li>Twitter, because it is definitely under the control of the user <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">and is a one-to-many medium, but it is also as much an interactive medium as a broadcast medium<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">virtual worlds, because the overall design cannot be changed (broadcast) but users are very interactive with the learning environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">blogs can be used both by an instructor or by a learner. Comments can be made to blog posts by others than the author, but only the author can change the blog post itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. 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