Writing, Literacy and Word-Processing: Changes in the Concept of Literature in the Framework of New Media

The article substantiates that science, thanks to the latest media in the dissemination of scientific communication (especially computer word processing, big data accumulation, mega-science installations, the latest international networking platforms and collaborations), has gone beyond all institutional, organizational, regional, national and partly disciplinary borders. Science as a supranational communication system has reached a complexity that is incompatible with the standards for evaluating scientific work and scientific achievements, which are traditionally carried out in the form of scientific committees, individual examinations and other collegial forms of scientific communication. The collegiality of making the most important decisions regarding the examination of the scientific product itself, the thematic agenda, professional competencies and the resulting distribution of remuneration, reputation, ranks, degrees, grants has exhausted its capabilities to a certain extent. As a result, science turns out to be opaque both for the regulator, who is trying to exercise control over scientific institutions, and for science itself, which in the form of scientific self-government and philosophical reflection of science carries out the function of self-observation and self-description. A working hypothesis is proposed, which states that in response to this crisis of collegiality, reflection and control, new media of communicative success and new organizational forms of scientific communication crystallize in science, which can restore the ability of a scientific system to process its internal and external complexity. These media are represented by a new, social-networked form of scientific expertise and partly scientific work, which will be able to compensate for the lack of self-reflection, both at the organizational level of research institutes and at the level of global control over science as a whole.

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Computer-Aided Language Learning

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch056 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 374-376

Author(s):

Andrew Laghos ◽

Panayiotis Zaphiris

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Language Learning ◽

Word Processing ◽

Research Field ◽

Web Based ◽

Cd Rom ◽

Fully Integrated ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

General Terms ◽

Computer Aided

Gamper and Knapp (2002) define Computer-Aided Language Learning (CALL) as “a research field which explores the use of computational methods and techniques as well as new media for language learning and teaching” (p. 329). In more general terms, CALL can be thought of as the use of computers to help learn languages. As a sub-category of Computer-Aided Learning (CAL), CALL deals exclusively with learning languages. Specific examples of CALL tools and utilities include games, tests, exercises, and word processing, and their use in a CALL session is determined by the syllabus, software, teacher, or learner. The popularity of CALL is constantly increasing as multimedia developments and technology are advancing. In the last few years, CALL systems have become fully integrated with audio and video support, creating interesting and attractive presentations. With the Internet emerging, a new platform for CALL systems has evolved. Thus, there has been a move from CD-ROM-based CALL to online Web-based CALL, enabling more connectivity and interactivity with other students or teachers. Important examples of why CALL has moved to Web-based mediums include the ability to carry out audio and videoconferencing, use chat rooms and e-mail, and communicate with native speakers of the language.

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Computer-Aided Language Learning

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch051 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 337-340

Author(s):

Andrew Laghos ◽

Panayiotis Zaphiris

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Language Learning ◽

Computational Methods ◽

Word Processing ◽

Research Field ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

General Terms ◽

Methods And Techniques ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Computer Aided Learning

Gamper and Knapp (2002) define Computer-Aided Language Learning (CALL) as “a research field which explores the use of computational methods and techniques as well as new media for language learning and teaching” (p. 329). In more general terms, CALL can be thought of as the use of computers to help learn languages. As a sub-category of Computer-Aided Learning (CAL), CALL deals exclusively with learning languages. Specific examples of CALL tools and utilities include games, tests, exercises, and word processing, and their use in a CALL session is determined by the syllabus, software, teacher, or learner.

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Exploration of the shape drawing tools in microsoft word for fostering idea development in the Ghanaian indigenous kente weaving industry

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) ◽

10.4314/just.v37i2.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 110-125

Author(s):

G. Y. Annum

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Word Processing ◽

Research Approach ◽

Application Software ◽

Media Technologies ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Microsoft Word ◽

Microsoft Office ◽

Vocational Studies ◽

New Media Technologies

The advancement of computer technology for digital artistry in this 21st century has availed new-media technologies for enhancing design practices in technical and vocational studies through the development of sophisticated graphic-application software. Unfortunately, these software are very challenging to learn and employ for creative design practice especially at the Basic and Senior High School levels of education in Ghana. Microsoft Office word belongs to the category of general-purpose application software, developed principally for word processing. Unfortunately, many of its users are oblivious of its capabilities for creative motif and pattern designing. It is embedded with shape designing tools that can be manipulated and modified to create intricate patterns for advancing variety of design concepts. The researcher has explored these tools and adopted them for creating fascinating kente design concepts, based on the design-based research approach. This paper therefore presents a descriptive account of how to use angular and linear shapes in Microsoft Word to create motifs and patterns to develop ideas for kente designing that can be employed by Ghanaian indigenous kente designers to foster idea development to enhance their trade.Keywords: New-media technologies; graphic application software;microsoft office word; creative pattern designing; Ghanaian indigenous kente designers

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A Macintosh Interface for the Cameca Camebax-Micro Electron Microprobe

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010018094x ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 438-439

Author(s):

Carl E. Henderson

Keyword(s):

Electron Microprobe ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Word Processing ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Computer Control ◽

Third Party ◽

Disk Storage ◽

The Past ◽

User Facility ◽

Instrument Control

Over the past few years it has become apparent in our multi-user facility that the computer system and software supplied in 1985 with our CAMECA CAMEBAX-MICRO electron microprobe analyzer has the greatest potential for improvement and updating of any component of the instrument. While the standard CAMECA software running on a DEC PDP-11/23+ computer under the RSX-11M operating system can perform almost any task required of the instrument, the commands are not always intuitive and can be difficult to remember for the casual user (of which our laboratory has many). Given the widespread and growing use of other microcomputers (such as PC’s and Macintoshes) by users of the microprobe, the PDP has become the “oddball” and has also fallen behind the state-of-the-art in terms of processing speed and disk storage capabilities. Upgrade paths within products available from DEC are considered to be too expensive for the benefits received. After using a Macintosh for other tasks in the laboratory, such as instrument use and billing records, word processing, and graphics display, its unique and “friendly” user interface suggested an easier-to-use system for computer control of the electron microprobe automation. Specifically a Macintosh IIx was chosen for its capacity for third-party add-on cards used in instrument control.

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Word Prompt Programs

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/1058-0360.0603.57 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 57-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lisa A. Wood ◽

Joan L. Rankin ◽

David R. Beukelman

Keyword(s):

Learning Disabilities ◽

Current Literature ◽

Word Processing ◽

Computer Software ◽

Written Language ◽

Written Communication ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Basic Word ◽

The Matrix ◽

Language Needs

Word prompt programs are computer software programs or program features that are used in addition to basic word processing. These programs provide word lists from which a user selects a desired word and inserts it into a line of text. This software is used to support individuals with severe speech, physical, and learning disabilities. This tutorial describes the features of a variety of word prompt programs and reviews the current literature on the use of these programs by people with oral and written language needs. In addition, a matrix that identifies the features contained in eight sample word prompt programs is provided. The descriptions of features and the matrix are designed to assist speech-language pathologists and teachers in evaluating and selecting word prompt programs to support their clients' oral and written communication.

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