It's a Child's Game - A turn-taking perspective of the role of narration in addressing sociomaterial problems in technology-mediated learning

摘要

Instructors delivering technology mediated learning face special challenges of a sociomaterial nature. Some instructors are not able to successfully overcome these challenges and therefore either avoid technology mediated courses or deliver such courses ineffectively. The purpose of this paper is to examine a blended learning experience and offer narration as an effective practice in conducting synchronous class sessions. A turn-taking perspective on the use of instructional technology reveals that by effectively narrating instructors can engage current and future students, maintain control of the session agenda, and assure continuous class engagement despite attention errors on the part of students. In practice, narration abilities will vary across instructors based upon their ability to concentrate in the midst of multi-tasking. Therefore this paper offers narration practice considerations to assist instructors in conducting technology mediated courses.