Evaluating AffordancesEvaluating Affordances

Examining emerging technologies for teaching and learning

Southwest Institute for Learning with Technology 2008- Flagstaff, AZ

Examining emerging technologies for teaching and learning

Southwest Institute for Learning with Technology 2008- Flagstaff, AZ

Colleen CarmeanColleen Carmean

Director of e-Learning & Strategic TechnologiesSchool of Global Management & Leadership

Arizona State University

Director of e-Learning & Strategic TechnologiesSchool of Global Management & Leadership

Arizona State University

Affordance:

the interactive possibilities of a particular object or environment,

especially the invitation or use suggested therein. (Gibson)

Affordance:

the interactive possibilities of a particular object or environment,

especially the invitation or use suggested therein. (Gibson)

Web 2 technologiesWeb 2 technologies

Story:

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of

events

Story:

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of

events

Affordance + Stories = collective meaning

Affordance + Stories = collective meaning

Technology Story FrameworkTechnology Story Framework

From my field (____) The emerging technology I found valuable was (_____) Because it provides (_____) Thus, this technology changes our understanding and

practice of (________) in (____) ways.

From my field (____) The emerging technology I found valuable was (_____) Because it provides (_____) Thus, this technology changes our understanding and

practice of (________) in (____) ways.

Singular AffordanceSingular Affordance

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