The linking assignment that i’ll be following is Tristan Wong’s mode bending assignment. I appreciated listening to his podcast because of the relational experience with me hearing another classmate online.
- How has your colleague’s experience differed from yours? And how do you know? What were the theoretical underpinnings of their work?
Tristan’s experience is different from mine in that his mode bending manifested new opportunities to expand on the multiliteracies compared to his previous post. His previous post he mentioned that he was looking at what’s in his bag and was limited by the limitations of posting in a blog and the pictures were limited to what could fit in his page. Citing Cope and Kalantzis’ (2009) work on multiliteracies, Tristan’s podcast illustrates the transformational purpose of using voice and storytelling to be able to build the knowledge and connections to his items compared to his previous blog. This is different from my focus on my perception of Toffler (2007) where I focused my mode on collecting and presenting the information in a different way. Tristan’s work focuses more on multiliteracies and how it it transforms the way presentations can be done in relation to the medium, while I focused on the use of technology to interpret ways that data can be harnessed through different means.
- What web authoring tool have they chosen to manifest their work? How does their tool differ from yours in the ways in which it allows content-authouring and end-user interface?
In this case, Tristan uses the podcast as an appropriate tool. In the analysis of Cope and Kalantizis’ (2009) work on multiliteracies and Toffler’s (2007) work on the interpretation of data, the podcast is the tool that illustrates the ability to organize mass amounts of data and the multiliteracies component is done with the storytelling skill of Tristan. What this modality captures is Tristan’s emotions of the stories he has with the stories is valuable and provides a way to share affective information with the most impact was with his stories of each item in his box (Robson, 2023). In a way our tools differ because we focus on different domains of knowledge.
For myself, I was going with the information domain, where I focused on organizing my information with the user interface of a phone application. Having learned about hypertext previously, I wanted to focus on having the learner create their own journey based on the item of interest. The information I provided was still similar to my post. Tristan’s podcast story was focused on the affective but also the knowledge domain. His well scripted podcast with stories allowed him more capability to expand the mention of other items he missed in his originally posting and allowed time for the learner to experience the stories from an emotional impact as well.
- How do the constraints of the course design manifest in your architectural choices? How have you responded to the pedagogical underpinnings of this course design in your own web space?
One of the biggest constraints for Tristan’s course design is the lack of time spent on being able to learn podcasting techniques. Tristan’s background as an educator gives him advanced competencies and knowledge about storytelling, but scripting, sounds and voice control which are ways that are enhanced by podcasting techniques (Robson, 2023). However his attentiveness to each of the object lends to the sound of enthusiasm and authenticity. For myself, it helped that mode bending was best explained through the various readings on multiliteracy and ways to represent data and mobile applications were noted to enhance multiliteracies in this new age (Cloete, 2024).
References
Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (2009). “Multiliteracies”: New literacies, new learning. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 4(3), 164-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/15544800903076044
Cloete, T. L. (2024). Integrating Mobile Apps to Enhance Multiliteracy in English Language Education (Master’s thesis, University of Pretoria (South Africa)).
Robson, M. (2023). Sound, Self and Crisis: Mapping the Affective Dimensions of Podcast Media (Doctoral dissertation, Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington).
Toffler, A. (1970). Future shock. Random House.