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Space Matters: An Institutional Critique Of Distance Learning Within The University Of Central Florida English Department

This dissertation examines distance learning within a local, particular context: UCF's English department. In order to fully examine distance learning in this specific environment, I employ institutional critique as my methodology, a rhetorical and spatial approach that allows me to map distance learning within UCF's English department. Drawing upon the work of David Harvey, I examine the experienced, perceived, and imagined spaces of distance learning in our department. Through an examination of the history of naming UCF, rhetorical analyses of institutional documents that reference technologies, analysis of survey results noting faculty attitudes and perceptions of online learning, and postmodern mapping of faculty members' perceived and ideal spaces, we can find local solutions for local problems related to distance learning.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-4272
Date01 January 2007
CreatorsMumpower, Lori
PublisherSTARS
Source SetsUniversity of Central Florida
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourceElectronic Theses and Dissertations

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