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Tag Archives: Ong
Making Connections: ‘I write therefore I think. I think therefore I am. Who am I?’
Making Connections “the late age of print may also become the late age of prose itself” (Bolter, p 213) I have come to the conclusion, after all the readings and explorations we’ve done, that my initial response to Ong’s Orality … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolter, Making Connections, Ong, Reflection
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The Balance Between Ways of Communicating
Biakolo argues convincingly in his paper “On the Theoretical Foundations of Orality and Literacy,” (1999), that Ong (1982), and others were less than fair in using Plato as their measuring stick for those in a literate Greek culture. He does this … Continue reading
Tagged Biakolo, Chandler, Commentary, Eduction, learning styles, literacy, Ong, orality, personalized learning, Postman, technology
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Commentary on the Psychodynamics of Orality Chap. 3
In the introduction to Walter Ong’s text on “Orality and Literacy” (1982) he indicates to the reader that hindsight is twenty-twenty when deconstructing history. The author explores the idea that we, as a culture, had no understanding of how orality … Continue reading
Tagged Commentary, Commentary 1, culture, literacy, Ong, orality, Orality and Literacy
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Literal Technology and Human Memory: Loss or Adoption?
Review of “Orality and Literacy” Chapter Four (Ong, 1982) Having been constantly immersed in a world of written letters and print, it is hard to imagine the condition of a completely oral culture. “Orality and Literacy” from Ong (1982) informs … Continue reading
Tagged Commentary, formal commentary, Memory, Ong, technology, writing
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Is Technology Turning Back Literacy Time?
In Orality and Literacy (1982) Ong documents the development of writing and its effect on culture by presenting a number of dichotomies between primary oral and “chirographic’ literate cultures. He states that writing transformed our society and re-structured our way … Continue reading
Tagged Commentary, digital technology, literacy, Ong, orality
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The Spectre Haunting Online Learning
For this formal commentary assignment, I have chosen to expand one of the suggested questions about Ong’s approach, as I am particularly interested in the dichotomies that arise in psychology and in education. Two of the major criticisms of Ong’s … Continue reading
Tagged Commentary, dichotomies, formal commentary, Ong, technological determinism
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Mark Antony in 2013: Power of Oration and Persuasive Rhetoric
Accepting that Western society is predominantly literate it is difficult for us to recognize the oral roots upon which our culture is founded. In fact it would be near impossible to consider how an artifact from a previous culture impacts … Continue reading →