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The Difference Engine: Computing, Knowledge, and the Transformation of Learning - Hardcover

Provenzo, Eugene F.

 
9781442214354: The Difference Engine: Computing, Knowledge, and the Transformation of Learning
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 144221435X ISBN 13: 9781442214354
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011

Synopsis

Since the 1960s, the rapid evolution of technology has created a new cultural geography―a virtual geography. The Difference Engine: Computing, Knowledge and the Transformation of Learning offers a conscious critique of this change and its effects on contemporary culture and education. This engaging text assumes that we are at a critical moment―one where we are moving from a modern into a post-modern culture― and examines the seven key components of this change:
1. Hypertext/Hypermedia
2. Augmented Intelligence
3. Networked Information and Communication Systems
4. Collective Intelligence
5. Hyperreality
6. the Panoptic Sort
7. Mobile computing.
Deriving its name from Charles Babbage’s experimental calculating machine, also known as the first modern computer, The Difference Engine delineates these seven components, like those of the cogs and gears in Babbage’s engine. As the real power of the engine lies not in its parts, but in its combined reaction, Provenzo’s new book provides a unique perspective by assessing the result of this combination of technology, culture, and literacy.

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About the Author

Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. is professor of education in the department of teaching and learning at University of Miami. In 2008, he was awarded the University of Miami’s Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
144221435X
ISBN 13 
9781442214354
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192