Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Margith A. Strand / More Information

Semiotic analyses in Distance Learning and Teaching is a function of the meaning of the semiotic delivery which is a holding of the time, place and space of the environment. The environment is a function of the intent, ability and outcome of the student-practitioner. The space is actually a concept which can be dimensional in its analytical component in that it can be portrayed as a mind-space of the will and the intent of the student-practitioner as well the Instructor, when one considers the teaching aspect.

The “space,” here as I have mentioned it, is a component of the Adaptive Structuration Theory. A.S.T. holds within its construction, the components which allocates the boundaries of the :

(1) Grounded Theory approach of applying “gerunds” into the qualitative analysis approach and therefore enables the use of the categorization of the phenomenological terms (linguistic) into the descriptions of the “holdings” of the student-practitioners as related to the Discussion Thread inputs.

(2) Quantifies, to an extent, the analyses of the Discussion Threads into a place where we can discuss the intent and the outcome of the discourse of the student-practitioners into the genre for which we are describing within the component of time.

(3) The “space” aspect also allow for dimensions in psychology, education and sociology to be added as a context-study of the subject matter.

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