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THE TECHNOPEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE PROBING COMMUNICATIVE AFFORDANCE OF MOBILE PHONES IN PAKISTANS ACADEMIA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).44      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).44      Published : Mar 1

The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia

Abstract

    The advent of technological advancement has affected everylifestyle and reshaped the concepts related to academic practices. As compared to conventional pedagogy, the new ways of easier communication through digital media devices especially Mobile Phones have offered diverse ways of learning for the students and provided the academicians with a multipurpose platform of sharing ideas, preparing lectures, conducting research and coordinating with the students. The study investigates how digital intervention in pedagogy has affected the learning environment in Pakistan`s academia with a student's perspective. For the purpose, drawing upon the theoretical perspective of Communicative Affordance, a sample of 600 students is surveyed.

    Techno-Pedagogical, Communicative Affordance, Academia

    (1) Madiha Maqsood
    Department of Development Communication, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aemen Khalid
    PhD, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Seemab Far Bukhari
    Department of Communication and Media Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Maqsood, M., Khalid, A., & Bukhari, S. F. (2022). The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia. Global Social Sciences Review, VII(I), 473-484. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).44

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Maqsood, Madiha, Aemen Khalid, and Seemab Far Bukhari. 2022. "The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (I): 473-484 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).44

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MAQSOOD, M., KHALID, A. & BUKHARI, S. F. 2022. The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 473-484.

MHRA

    MHRA : Maqsood, Madiha, Aemen Khalid, and Seemab Far Bukhari. 2022. "The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia." Global Social Sciences Review, VII: 473-484

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    MLA : Maqsood, Madiha, Aemen Khalid, and Seemab Far Bukhari. "The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia." Global Social Sciences Review, VII.I (2022): 473-484 Print.

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    OXFORD : Maqsood, Madiha, Khalid, Aemen, and Bukhari, Seemab Far (2022), "The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia", Global Social Sciences Review, VII (I), 473-484

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Maqsood, Madiha, Aemen Khalid, and Seemab Far Bukhari. "The Techno-Pedagogical Experience: Probing Communicative Affordance of Mobile Phones in Pakistan's Academia." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. I (2022): 473-484. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).44