A couple of weeks ago when I was at the Broadcast Educators festival in Las Vegas, I was struck by the words people use to talk about new media. Words like: inundated, overwhelmed, deluged, complex, confusing, and potentially dangerous. It struck me that many of us are trapped in our own brains and [...]
Digital Media - School is just one node on a kid’s information and learning network
By: Pamela Rutledge · May 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Media Psychology
The Brain is a Muscle, too: Lifting too Little Isn’t Effective or Interesting
By: Pamela Rutledge · March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
A recent report says that while cardiovascular strength adds up, lifting weights that are too light doesn’t do much to build muscle. It is important to tax the muscles to get them to respond. The same is true in learning. If you don’t have to try, you won’t get much result. Setting and measuring progress [...]
Tags: Education · Media Psychology · Technology
Old(er) students and new media
By: Pamela Rutledge · March 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Fielding Graduate University is holding an orientation for new doctoral students in media psychology in Santa Barbara. (Fielding has the only doctoral program in media psychology in the U.S.) This is the first time I’ve participated from the ‘orienter’ rather than ‘orientee’ perspective. It is fun to get to know new people, of course, but [...]
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