By Tony Bates, on August 9th, 2010
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Lamb, G. (2010) Are iPads, smartphones, and the Mobile Web rewiring the way we think? Christian Science Monitor, July 24
In this article, a number of experts are interviewed about their opinions on whether technology is changing the way we think. Being good journalism, we have [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 16th, 2010
The University of New Brunswick
This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a consultancy for the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John. (For readers outside Canada, Fredericton and Saint John are [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 5th, 2010
Whitton, N. (2010) Learning with Digital Games New York/London: Routledge
From the publisher’s blurb:
Written for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning. Up to date with current trends and the changing learning needs of today’s students, [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 21st, 2009
And the answer is: it all depends! As usual with human behaviour, it depends on the context.
Ophir, E., Nass, C., and Wagner, A. (2009) Cognitive control in media multitaskers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 37
I don’t want to oversimplify the results [...]
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