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Mental tactility: the ascendance of writing in online management education

Creed, Andrew and Swanson, Donald 2004, Mental tactility: the ascendance of writing in online management education, in Beyond the comfort zone : proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, Perth, 5-8 December, ASCILITE, Perth, W.A., pp. 222-229.

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Title Mental tactility: the ascendance of writing in online management education
Author(s) Creed, Andrew
Swanson, Donald
Conference name Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference
Conference location Perth, Western Australia
Conference dates 5-8 December 2004
Title of proceedings Beyond the comfort zone : proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, Perth, 5-8 December
Editor(s) Atkinson, Roger
Publication date 2004
Start page 222
End page 229
Publisher ASCILITE
Place of publication Perth, W.A.
Summary A qualitative study of online management education and the role of writing as an indicative measure of thinking and learning. Established educational models, such as Dale's Cone of Experience, are expanded and redeveloped to illustrate the central role of writing as a critical thinking process which appears to be increasing, rather than decreasing, with the advent of online multimedia technology. In an environment of increasing reliance on audiovisual stimulus in online education, the authors contend that tertiary educators may witness an ascendance or re-emergence of writing as central to the academic experience. This may be both supply and demand driven. Drawing on a study of two undergraduate units in the Bachelor of Commerce and applying hermeneutics to develop challenging insights, the authors present a case for educators to remain conversant with the art of teaching writing, and to promote writing to improve educational outcomes.
Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.
Language eng
Field of Research 130306 Educational Technology and Computing
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2004, Andrew Creed & Don Swanson
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005347

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