Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Department of Communication Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9162, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Digital Media: Adapting to the Culture of Digitalized Education
  Author(s): Jianglong Wang*
  
  Concomitant with the coming of digitalization in education, a digitalized culture in teaching and learning has emerged in higher education. Effective adaptation to this digitalized communal culture of teaching and learning has been a challenge for educators as pedagogical innovation becomes imperative. In some cases, traditional ways of teaching and learning are quickly replaced by new ways of teaching and learning with digital media and interactive engagement between teachers and learners. From an intercultural perspective, this paper discusses the salient characteristics of this digitalized teaching-learning community, outlines digital literacy and digital competence necessary for its participants and suggests applicable strategies for effective adaptation to digitalization in education. Since cultural adaptation is a two-way street, both educators and learners must mutually adapt t.. Read More»
  

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