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Title: | TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL NETWORKING DURING LECTURE |
Authors: | Elston-Jackson, Carol A. |
Advisor: | Lewchuk, Wayne Premji, Stephanie Storey, Robert |
Department: | Work and Society |
Keywords: | History;Work;Preindustrialization;Industrialization;Multitasking;Technology;Social Networking;Work, Economy and Organizations;Work, Economy and Organizations |
Publication Date: | Oct-2011 |
Abstract: | <p>This study examines issues arising from the popular use of technology and social networking in the classroom during lecture and its effect on student grades. Data were collected in a first year social science course. Findings of a general survey show that the use of technology and social networking during lecture is a popular form for multitasking with little impact on grades up to a certain threshold. Addressing this issue, this paper puts forth a broad historical overview of the use of leisure activities by workers during preindustrialization and industrialized capitalism. Through an examination of multitasking during lectures, this paper will assess the extent to which social norms of time discipline may be changing and the impacts this could have on the future of work organization. Activity theory is one method of guiding research in order to incorporate these multitasking activities into teaching and learning paradigms and policies for use in the classroom.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/11332 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/6307 7350 2261831 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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