Comments on: New Media and Japanese Studies http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2008/11/new-media-and-japanese-studies/ The Japan History Group Blog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:45:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Morgan Pitelka http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2008/11/new-media-and-japanese-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-176503 Morgan Pitelka Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:12:28 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/?p=426#comment-176503 Thanks Konrad and Jonathan. I would note that a handful of people contacted me off-blog to say "No, no, not Second Life! I already have enough trouble keeping up with Facebook!" Thanks Konrad and Jonathan. I would note that a handful of people contacted me off-blog to say “No, no, not Second Life! I already have enough trouble keeping up with Facebook!”

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2008/11/new-media-and-japanese-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-176452 Jonathan Dresner Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:18:13 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/?p=426#comment-176452 There are two things I can see being pedagogically valuable in this technology, and I think, Morgan, that you see them, too. First, as you noted with Bakumatsu Kyoto, the possibility of recreating historical venues in enough detail that students can experience something of the texture of the time is exciting, though the time required to create such a resource is exhausting to contemplate. Alan Baumler has a discussion of the <a href="http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/11/virtual-forbidden-city/" rel="nofollow">Virtual Forbidden City</a>, by the way, which raises some of these questions. The second is the possibility that alternative discussion forums might be more effective at engaging our students. Noting, of course, that my students aren't uniformly comfortable with any technology but their cell phones.... There are two things I can see being pedagogically valuable in this technology, and I think, Morgan, that you see them, too. First, as you noted with Bakumatsu Kyoto, the possibility of recreating historical venues in enough detail that students can experience something of the texture of the time is exciting, though the time required to create such a resource is exhausting to contemplate. Alan Baumler has a discussion of the Virtual Forbidden City, by the way, which raises some of these questions.

The second is the possibility that alternative discussion forums might be more effective at engaging our students. Noting, of course, that my students aren’t uniformly comfortable with any technology but their cell phones….

]]> By: K. M. Lawson http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2008/11/new-media-and-japanese-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-176353 K. M. Lawson Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:21:31 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/?p=426#comment-176353 Thanks so much for posting this. I am intrigued by the text/voice interaction going on during the presentations, it essentially seems to bring the work flow that many of us engage in, into the conference experience. While I see the potential for yet more distraction from what the speaker is actually saying, I think the positive potentials may outweigh the problems. Caution and continued discussion about these techniques should certainly continue... Thanks so much for posting this. I am intrigued by the text/voice interaction going on during the presentations, it essentially seems to bring the work flow that many of us engage in, into the conference experience. While I see the potential for yet more distraction from what the speaker is actually saying, I think the positive potentials may outweigh the problems. Caution and continued discussion about these techniques should certainly continue…

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