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Imagining Futures for Communication Education: XR/VR and the Promise of Educational Technology

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Communication Education

Volume

73

Issue

2

First Page

244

Last Page

246

Abstract

Whether chalkboards, overhead projectors, personal computers, or any manner of “smart” devices embedded in classrooms, education technology plays a vital role in shaping our courses. Research in Communication Education has addressed a wide variety of issues related to education and technology, including the effects of noneducation technology in the classroom (e.g., mobile phones, Kuznekoff & Titsworth, Citation2013), the promise and potentials distance education technologies (e.g., Guillem & Briziarelli, Citation2020), and course-related technology policies (e.g., Finn & Ledbetter, Citation2013). Although each new iteration of educational technology claims to be more effective or efficient than the last, Postman (Citation2011) reminds us that technological advancement is rarely a linear improvement. Rather, new technologies are both generative and restrictive, providing new ways of teaching, learning, relating, organizing, and performing in educational institutions—to ends both predictable and not.

Department

Department of Communication and Media

Original Publication Date

3-20-2024

DOI of published version

10.1080/03634523.2024.2319739

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