Keywords
institutional critique, rhetoric, technology, distance learning, space
Abstract
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.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2007
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Kitalong, Karla
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Texts and Technology
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0001708
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001708
Language
English
Release Date
September 2007
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Mumpower, Lori, "Space Matters: An Institutional Critique Of Distance Learning Within The University Of Central Florida English Department" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3272.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3272