Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advanced Research in Teaching and Education
Year: 2024
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Teaching and Learning with Digital Media: Pedagogical Implications for An Online Participatory Culture
Jianglong Wang
ABSTRACT:
The era of digital media has come to create an online participatory culture featuring different forms of affiliation, expression, problem-solving and information circulation among teachers and learners. The generation of digital media savvy individuals has flourished over the past few years. Concomitant with their arrival and the adoption of online teaching are the inevitable challenges for educators to adapt effectively to this online participatory culture. From the perspective of intercultural communication and based on research in cultural adaptation and teaching innovation, this paper examines (1) salient features of this online participatory culture; (2) primary characteristics of the digital media generation; (3) major components of cultural competence for educators teaching this digital media generation online; and (4) pedagogical strategies for educators to enhance their teaching effectiveness and students’ learning outcome. Impact of participatory culture on teaching effectiveness is further analyzed and implications for educators’ adaptation and teaching innovation are also explored and discussed.
keywords: Teaching, learning, media, pedagogy, culture