Teaching Button-Pushing versus Teaching Thinking: The State of New Media Education in US Universities
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856508101584
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Huang, Edgar
Convergence
2009

Abstract:

Using content analysis and survey, this study examines how the teaching of thinking skills and that of technological skills have been balanced in US new media programs to produce both employable graduates and life-long learners. Findings show that most programs have balanced the two skill sets but that more effort should be made to integrate the teaching of both skill sets in individual courses to give students an expedited, holistic learning experience.