Information Technology:
A Qualitative Difference

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~esrabkin/ITQual

Student Work

Digital Resources

Research

Collaboration

Teaching

Student Work is qualitatively different in an environment rich in information technology because

Examples: Ann Arbor History, Cultural Crusades, Jacopo, Poison Prevention, Teutonic Mythology

Digital Resources are qualitatively different from other sorts because they are

Examples: Humanities Text Initiative (Oxford English Dictionary), Digital Library Image Service, Library of Congress (American Memory)

Research is qualitatively different using digital tools because they allow

Examples: Demographic data viewer, Text Analysis Tools (Perseus Project - collocation), Motion Analysis, New types of collaboration

Collaboration is qualitatively different in an environment rich in information technology because

Examples: Voice-annotated multisection gradesheet, Genre Evolution Project (including databases and mailgroup), Conferencing on the Web

Teaching is qualitatively different in an environment rich in information technology because

Examples: E-Comp, U-M Fantasy and Science Fiction Website, English 415/516 Home Page, Animal Diversity, Principles of Virtual Reality , Photoshop

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