Ready Learner One: Creating an Oasis for Virtual/Online Education

Autor/in	Osvath, Csaba
Titel	Ready Learner One: Creating an Oasis for Virtual/Online Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 14 (2018) 1, (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-9035
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Online Courses; Reading Instruction; Reading Processes; Science Fiction; Novels; Autobiographies; Ethnography; Personal Narratives; Creative Writing; Reflection; Reader Text Relationship; Innovation; Integrated Learning Systems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Leseunterricht; Leseprozess; Novel; Roman; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ethnografie; Erlebniserzählung; Kreatives Schreiben
Abstract	When the act of reading becomes a stimulus, it has the power to enact change within the reader and through readers. Adopting and using the methodological tools of autoethnography, personal narrative, and creative writing, I reflect and explore virtual/online education prompted by a personal reading experience of Ernest Cline's science fiction novel, "Ready Player One." Cline's story offers a unique vantage point as well as a rich fictional vision through which I evaluate, contrast, and reflect on virtual education. My goal is to demonstrate how the reading experience of a popular science fiction novel may shape, modify, and/or inspire the development of future online education. I argue that reflective reading combined with the reader's embodied creative acts (e.g., the composition of personal narratives prompted by the novel and creative writing addressing a current problem that is inspired by the novel's fictional reality) lead to innovative ideas to foster the development of new paradigms for the creation of better online learning management systems. Thus, I present a personal narrative of reading to demonstrate how fictional works may offer relevant platforms for readers to contribute, to innovate, and to advocate for change within insufficient or inadequate systems. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. 315 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-7866; Fax: 706-542-3817; e-mail: jolle@uga.edu; Web site: http://jolle.coe.uga.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01