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The 'soft-tech' in this paper included reviews of multimodal literacies,
appropriacy of usage, and accessibility. It also included a look at various philo-
sophical frameworks and how they have transformed CMC implementation over
recent years. Finally, we looked at education management (blending, collaboration,
curricular development, and international communicative competence - ICC),
assessment literacy, and research methodologies. In this respect, at least, relevant
researchers appear to be coming to grips with methods on how to effectively
incorporate 'hard tech'.
Without question, Internet telephony has provided the mechanism by which
many educational practices are being transformed. But, as described with the earlier
reference to Vygotsky, it is not so much the shovel that can transform modes of
production, it is how the shovel is
actually used
that can induce a revolution in
technological practice. Likewise, practices and processes that incorporate IT-based
functions need to be conceptualized as technological practices themselves. This is
where we, as researchers, need to remember that the term technology should
incorporate techniques, management approaches, and processes when we consider
the ramifications of innovative artifacts.
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